Homemade Pizza Dough
Who loves Italian thin crust Pizza? 🍕🙋♀️I do!!! I could eat it multiple times a week, but let's face it, ordering a well made pizza is not cheap. So why not make it yourself at home? This recipe will give you all the instructions you need to prepare your own homemade pizza or flat bread dough. Not only is it quick and easy, it is also a lot cheaper than ordering a pie from your favorite pizzeria AND it will arrive hot, straight from your oven!
Tools
- Baking Tray (12x17 inches / 43x31cm or large pizza pan 16-18inch / 40-45cm)
- Rolling pin or empty round bottle (e.g. wine bottle)
Ingredients
- 400 g flour (Pizza flour type "0", have additional flour handy to roll out the dough)
- 220 ml water (Lukewarm)
- 21 g fresh yeast (7g active dry yeast)
- 80 ml olive oil (½ for the dough, ½ for the baking tray)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Instructions
How to make the Pizza Dough
- Using a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in lukewarm water. Stir until the yeast is completely dissolved.
- Next, add ½ of the olive oil, salt and sugar. Stir until salt and sugar are dissolved.
- Pour the yeast mix into the flour.
- Using a spoon, mix the dissolved yeast into the flour. When the dough starts to become thicker, use your hands to knead until the pizza dough is smooth. It should not be sticky but moist. Add a little more flour if too sticky or olive oil if too dry.
- Cover the bowl and rest the pizza dough at room temperature for about 30 minutes.
- When the dough has about doubled in size, remove it from the bowl using a cooking spoon or your hands and place on a floured surface. The dough should have lots of airbubbles and feel sticky now.
- Knead the pizza dough until smooth and non-sticky. Chop the dough into 2 even pieces and knead each one into a pizza dough ball.
- Place the 2 dough balls on a tray or large plate, cover with a kitchen towel and let it rest another 30 minutes at room temperature. Store one pizza dough ball covered in the fridge for the next day or wrap it in saran wrap or sealed container and freeze it if you don't need it.
Prepare the Dough for your Pizza
- Preheat your oven to 500-550°F / 260-290°C (As hot as your oven can go). The oven will take a while to preheat. Next, brush olive oil on your baking tray or pizza pan. Use a piece of paper towel if you don't have a basting brush.
- Place one ball of pizza dough on a thoroughly floured surface. Gently flatten the dough using your hands. Rub flour on your rolling pin (or an empty bottle) to make sure that the dough does not stick to it. Next start flattening the dough until it is 1-2mm thick.
- Roll the flattened pizza dough up on the the rolling pin and carefully transfer onto the baking tray or pizza pan. Use your hands to spread the dough out evenly and form the crust. Cut excess dough or fold it over if you like a thick crunchy crust.
Add the Toppings
- Brush the remaining olive oil onto the pizza dough.
- Next, spread the tomato sauce evenly on the the pizza dough.
- Give the diced, shredded or sliced mozzarella on top. Lastly, add toppings to your liking. Don't go too heavy on the toppings or the pizza will become soggy.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 13-15 minutes until crispy. Make sure not to leave the oven door open for long so the heat stays inside.
NUTRITION FACTS
Calories: 1088kcal (54%) | Carbohydrates: 162g (54%) | Protein: 22g (44%) | Fat: 38g (58%) | Saturated Fat: 5g (31%) | Sodium: 1178mg (51%) | Potassium: 320mg (9%) | Fiber: 7g (29%) | Sugar: 7g (8%) | Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) | Calcium: 38mg (4%) | Iron: 10mg (56%)
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