Whats wrong with my pizza balls? Recipe in comments

by sfxterlt

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  2. sfxterlt

    I’m having this problem all the time. Recipe that I followed is from book “Elements of pizza” by Ken Forkish and it should be a 24h- to 48 Hour pizza Dough.

    70% water
    2.6% salt
    0.3% instant dried yeast
    100% Caputo Pizzeria (red bag) flour

    Mix water with salt (this time i tried adding extra half tsp salt)
    Add yeast
    Add flour
    Mix by hand
    Leave for 20min
    Form a ball (final dough temp 28 C)
    Leave 2h (this time I tried 1.5h)
    Ambient temp 20 C

    After 2h formed balls and put them in fridge (13 C this time, but last time it was 9 C and the outcome was same).
    This picture is a result after 24h.
    I’m still planning to bake pizza tomorrow, because regardless of this mess, pizza comes out tasty. Although it is hard to separate these “balls” and form round pizza.
    Should I try reform these balls tomorrow before stretching pizza?

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