Pizza dough recipe
An easy pizza dough recipe: it's really simple if you use, for example, a kitchen aid artisan mixer to prepare an original Italian pizza, as the hardest part is to work the dough manually. Have fun preparing this quick pizza dough recipe for your family!
You’ll need (4 people):
• 2.5 cups of wheat flour
• 1 cube of yeast (0.06 pounds)
• 1 cup of water
• 1 coffespoon of salt
• 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
This is really easy to prepare!. As you see it needs a few ingredients and the only thing you have to worry about is working out the dough.
Prepare it about a couple of hours before to let ir grow properly.
I personally invite you to use a mixer, kind of kitchen aid artisan mixer or viking mixer, as they do the hard work for you. I tried a couple of times to work it manually, but the result was not good enough (if you don't work well the dough it will not grow nor become soft).
Mix the flour with the salt. Then melt the yeast in warm water. Help it with a fork until it is completely solved. Add the olive oil. Add part of it to the flour, mix it with a wood spoon and then add the rest of the water.
At this point you can put it into the mixer bowl or work it manually. The dough has to be elastic, nor too dry nor too sticky. Add little water if it's too dry or flour if it's too sticky. Do it using spoons so you can add small quantities and find quickly the right proportion.
Clean the bowl, pour it with flour and put the dough inside. Cover it with a dishcloth and put it into a warm place to rest and grow. One hour can be enough, two are better.
Turn on your oven to 230°C/446°F.
Work the dough on a work surface covered with a light layer of flour and using the hands or a rolling pin, taking it to your oven's pan measure (cover it with kitchen paper or butter it).
Add extra virgin olive oil, rosemary, oregano, grounded salt to prepare a white pizza (pizza bianca). Otherwise click on any of the links below to dress your pizza:
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