Liquid preferment
Poolish Pizza Dough Calculator
This poolish pizza dough calculator separates the preferment from the final mix according to how much flour you place in the preferment. Poolish uses equal weights of flour and water, so its hydration is set to 100% by default.
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Preferment: Poolish
1 Batch and timing
Advanced recipe settingsHydration, salt and preferment percentages
Calculated recipe
Mix in two stages
Stage one
Make the poolish — 12 hours before the final mix
- Flour
- 217g
- Water
- 217g
- Instant yeast
- 0.6g
Stage two
Complete the dough
- Remaining flour
- 403g
- Remaining water
- 186g
- Salt
- 16g
Check the dough, not only the clock. The time shown is your planning input. Flour, yeast condition and temperature determine when the preferment is actually ready.
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See the poolish and final mix separately
Practical guidance for this method
If the poolish contains more water than the complete dough allows, the calculator flags the combination. Lower the prefermented-flour percentage or raise the total hydration.
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The defaults are traceable
The poolish definition and starting range are based on King Arthur Baking's preferment reference and Ooni's poolish and biga guide. Pizza Preacher performs the scaling maths.
Useful answers
Poolish calculator questions
What does 35% prefermented flour mean?
It means 35% of all the flour in the recipe is placed in the poolish. It does not mean the poolish is 35% of the finished dough weight.
Is poolish always 100% hydration?
Poolish is conventionally made with equal weights of flour and water. The control is editable for people following a specifically documented variation.