Whole Wheat Sourdough Pizza. From scratch, with delicious cashew cheese sauce.

Welcome to my Whole Wheat Sourdough Pizza video - I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for your patience those who have been waiting a while for this one. Make sure you check below in the description for my cashew cheezy sauce recipe - it's a winner!

RECIPE
350g -- 2 and 1/3 metric cups wheat flour (I used whole wheat, you can also use bread flour, all purpose flour or any combination of wheat flours).

280g water – 1 and 1/8 metric cups (my whole wheat flour is very thirsty. use less water if you’re using white flour).

2/3 cup stiff whole wheat starter. If your starter is runny, just use a little less and decrease the water in the recipe if needed. If you want to make your starter thicker like mine, just add more flour when you feed it.

6g – 1 scant teaspoon of salt.

METHOD
I presoaked my flour and water in the video, but you can also just mix everything in from the beginning. Presoaking is a good trick if you’re using 100% whole wheat flour.

Once your dough is roughly mixed, ferment it at room temperature for 4-8 hours, depending on your ambient temperature. I mix the dough in the mid morning and it is usually ready to go by the late afternoon/evening. Add in some stretch and folds during the day if you can.

Once you’re ready to make your pizza, oil your dough and stretch it out onto a pizza tray or piece of parchment paper/non-stick baking paper. Preheat your oven to 250°C / 480°F.

Add toppings to your pizza and bake for 15-20 minutes, turning half way if you need to. Watch your pizza and take it out as soon as the edges start to get really crispy looking and medium-dark brown (less if you like, but I like mine really crispy).
Cool your pizza for a few minutes, then enjoy!

**Note. You can make a smaller or larger dough for different sized pizzas. You can also make your dough, ferment it, deflate it back into a ball shape and then refrigerate it until you are ready to make pizza. Just let it come to room temperature and shape it as you want to, put on the toppings and bake. It will puff up in the oven beautifully.

Cashew Cheese Sauce Recipe:
½ cup cashews, soaked for at least a few hours then drained (you can also use other nuts and seeds, eg. sunflower seeds)
¼ tsp garlic powder
1 tsp vinegar
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
1/2 tsp salt
Enough water or non-dairy milk to just cover the nuts. Blend in a bullet style or other small blender until the sauce is thick and smooth. Spoon over pizza or pasta/vegetables.

Pan release recipe:

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[EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

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[guzaltb]

I've just done this pizza, turned out yummy, medium crispy and same time soft inside, not over hard. Most importantly healthy 100% whole wheat, thank you Elly

[socialmedia]

Thank you Elly. I was looking for a whole wheat pizza recipe with sourdough starter and couldn't find any without little bread flour in it. And then I came across yours, you are a god send. Thank you just what I wanted for a Sunday lunch recipe

[Paulinious]

I love your whole wheat sourdough bread recipe (probably have made 10 loaves in the last two weeks) and I have been wanting to make a pizza. I knew this would be a good recipe coming form you. Just baked my first pizza and it turned out really well. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes, I really appreciate them and love your teaching style.

[आशीषसाहू-खल]

I tried it once as whole wheat flour is readily available in our house. BTW Americans get confused when we ask them for capsicum and coriander. They call it as bell pepper and cilantro.

[su....]

you are so calm and relaxed... even your hands! i love to watch you move them. just beautiful. thank you so much for these videos, elly. so appreciated!

[gwriterk]

I love that this recipe ended up being vegan! I fully expected you to use regular cheese based on the initial shot of the pizza, but I'm vegan and it was nice that this ended up being something I don't have to alter :) thanks for the recipe!

[finntheraven]

I was happy to find this recipe/video that didn't use a peel, used lots of toppings, made a single large pizza instead of several 'individual' pizzas, and used fully active starter instead of discard. That's my kinda pizza!

[modgranny]

Love your tips, they are wonderful!
Thanks to you sourdough has changed our lives for the better!

[desireereiach]

So happy for every video you have released. Changed my life having delicious Elly's Everyday Sourdough bread parchment method as the only bread we eat (:

[linyoung]

love it when you also give measurement in the "cups." Understand it's not precise but so convenient.

[TJ-kzul]

I've been wanting to try sourdough for years, but I've always been confused by how to get started. Your videos have given me the motivation to give it a try, so tomorrow I'm going to try making my own starter and when that's done, this is definitely the first recipe I'll try! thank you

[roopsarun]

great recipe...many many applause for making with whole wheat flour..

[thedareneewilliams]

Ellie you make it look so easy and beautiful I feel like I can do it to :-) you're a wonderful teacher thank you thank you! I've never had my dough that wonderful I love the strengthen the texture of yours!!!

[oncs]

Absolutely terrific, and presented with easy charm and humour. And boy do you make it look straightforward and simple. Thanks so much!

[rachaelpalmer]

I’m so glad I stumbled on your channel. I LOVE your war on waste, and your simple methods. I’ve made bread and pizza your way and it’s turned out better than a recipe from a “famous, trained baker”. Thank you SO much. I’m going to be making your non-stick rub next!

[deborahnarendorf]

It is early morning here and this looks delicious! Thanks for all the extras as well.

[kazfreeman]

Thanks Elly from NSW Australia. My first go at it and it was well received actually split it into 2 pizzas. Amazed at the puffy crust. Easy in a day recipe saved youtube and subscribed ! Thank you 😁

[thedareneewilliams]

That's one of the best looking pizzas I've ever seen Ellie!! That Crest looks divine! You should be so proud.. Thank you again you're doing a lot right wow and thank you for sharing the metric measurements for us in the US as well thank you dear 😂🤗
Warmest regards,
Theda

[leannewells]

Excellent, we enjoy your great sourdough skills, pizzas on the menu this week