Homemade Pizza Dough
Authentic Italian pizza dough recipe
Ingredients
- 2 ⅔ cups flour 335 g
- ½ tbsp active dry yeast 5 g
- 1 ⅓ tbsp extra virgin olive oil 20 ml
- ¾ cups water 200 ml, lukewarm
- ⅔ tsp sugar
- ⅔ tsp salt
Instructions
- Start making your pizza dough by measuring out your dry ingredients. Add flour, active dry yeast, sugar and salt to a large mixing bowl.
- Add olive oil and lukewarm water.
- Using your dough hook, knead your pizza dough for 10 minutes.The perfect pizza dough should be completely smooth. It shouldn't stick to the side of your bowl, but still feel a little bit wet when you touch it.
- Place your dough in a large bowl, previously oiled with about 1-2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil. Move it around with the hand so that all parts should be covered with oil.
- Let it proof covered for 90 minutes.
- After 90 minutes, push the air out of the dough.
- Cut the pizza dough into equal pieces - 1 for every pizza. For the amounts in this recipe, cut it into 2 equal pieces, about 280 g each.
- Form a ball from each of the dough pieces. Start by making a circular motion with your palm of your hand, with some pressure. Then release the pressure gradually until you get a nice ball shape. Put the balls on a lightly floured work surface. Dust them with some more flour, and let them proof covered with a kitchen towel for another 15 minutes.
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