I love pizza, and I love the fact that it can be so versatile. This is a dough recipe that I use all the time. It makes two huge pizza's and it works out everytime.Pizza Dough, taken from Williams-Sanoma "Essentials of Baking, p. 2
Ingredients for Dough
2 packages of active dry yeast (5 tsp.)
560mL warm water
2 tsp. sugar
60 mL olive oil
780g flour (bread flour/ AP flour)
1 Tbs. salt
Method
1. Place the warm water and yeast into a large bowl and whisk together. Let rest for 5 min.
2. Add the sugar, oil, flour and salt and mix with your hands until a rough ball forms.
3. Scrape dough onto a floured work surface and knead for 10 min until the dough is soft, smooth and elastic.
4. Place into a oiled bowl, and wait until the dough has risen to around twice its original size (1-2 hours).
5. Preheat oven to 425F.
6. Divide into portions and place topping on.
7. Bake until the color is a light brown, and toppings look baked.
3 comments:
I m a pizza addict :) I ll try this recipe next time. thanks :)
Haha, how lazy am I? I just ordered pizza in. I should have made your simple dough. I'm sure it makes for a much better pizza. I'm tabbing this recipe now!
I have only recently started making my own dough, and use one of the "no knead" recipes - which looks almost identical to this from what I remember.
I never realized just how easy it was to make pizza dough, I cannot believe I bought it for all those years!
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