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Homemade pizza dough
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Homemade pizza dough
Pizza is one of the most consumed dishes in the world! The most difficult step when making homemade is pizza dough. Depending on your taste, it must be thin and crisp (Italian style) or thick and very fluffy (American style).
The most important element in the making of pizza dough is the flour, you need a flour very rich in protein. The ideal is wheat flour type 00. It is the flour used by the best pizzerias that gives pizza dough its qualities.
Also, very important is the resting time, the longer the pizza dough will rest the tastier it will be, never go below 2 hours and I recommend a minimum of 3 to 4 hours. You can prepare your pizza dough the day before and keep it refrigerated. Make sure to take out of refrigerator and bring back to room temperature before using it.
Finally, and most importantly, invest in a pizza stone or cast iron pizza plate, you will have a perfect cooking along with crispy dough. Once you have tried this very easy pizza dough recipe, you will never call for pizza delivery again, believe me!
Homemade pizza dough
| Prep time: 10 to 15 minutes + 2h30 to 3h rest time |
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| Cooking time: no cooking required in this recipe |
| Servings or yield: 4 pizza dough |
| Difficulty level: Easy |
| 1 cup water |
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| 1 tbsp. olive oil |
| For yeast |
| 1/2 cup warm water |
| 8g active dry yeast |
| 1 tsp. sugar |
| For flour |
| 2-1/2 cup flower 00 |
| 2-1/2 cup all-purpose flour |
| 2 tsp. salt |
Preparation
For yeast, in a small bowl add all ingredients and let rest for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, mix flower ingredients together. After 10 minutes add yeast mixture to flower mixture with 1 cup water and 1 tbsp. olive oil. Mix well until it came all together. Work dough with your hands for about 5 minutes. Put back in bowl, cover with saranwrap and let rest for 2h30 to 3h or until it doubled size.
As soon as rest time is up, divide the dough into 4 equal parts of about 9 ounces and form 4 balls.
Cover each ball with a plastic wrap and let rest for about 1 to 1h30 or keep in the refrigerator. It is not recommended to keep more than 24 hours in the fridge, but you can freeze them separately.
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Preparation steps
1 - For yeast, in a small bowl add all ingredients and let rest for 10 minutes.
2 - Meanwhile, mix flower ingredients together.
3 - After 10 minutes add yeast mixture to flower mixture with 1 cup water and 1 tbsp. olive oil. Mix well until it came all together.
4 - Work dough with your hands for about 5 minutes.
5 - Put back in bowl, cover with saranwrap and let rest for 2h30 to 3h or until it doubled size.
6 - As soon as rest time is up, divide the dough into 4 equal parts of about 9 ounces and form 4 balls. Cover each ball with a plastic wrap and let rest for about 1 to 1h30 or keep in the refrigerator. It is not recommended to keep more than 24 hours in the fridge, but you can freeze them separately.
