Step 1

Add lard to 12” cast iron pan and place in oven to preheat to 450 degrees.

Step 2

Start with 8 cups of flour in large mixing bowl. Add starter, water, olive oil, honey, and salt. Stir together.

Step 3

Once stirred, continue to mix in ½-1 cup of flour at a time. Stop once the dough is moist but not too tacky to handle.

Step 4

Place dough on a floured surface and kneed 3-5 minutes until a smooth ball is formed.

Step 5

Cut large dough ball into 4 equal sections. Kneed each piece of dough a couple more minutes until smooth dough balls are formed.

Step 6

Lightly coat each ball in olive oil.* If freezing dough, add dough ball to quart size Ziploc bag and place in freezer at this time.

Step 7

For fresh eating, remove preheated cast iron pan from oven. Spread cooking fat around in pan until bottom and sides are coated.

Step 8

Place ball of dough in pan. Spread dough by hand working it down and outward. Make sure dough is spread evenly along the bottom with extra dough around the edge. Form crust roughly 1” up the side of the pan.Use a fork to poke holes in dough every inch across bottom of pan. Prebake for 4 ½ minutes.

Step 9

Top pizza and bake at 450 deg. for 15-20 minutes.