How to Make Homemade Pizza Dough like a Pro
The foundation of a good pizza starts with the dough. I’ve included a few tips and techniques to help you craft a true Italian style pizza at home.
TIPS AND TECHNIQUES HOMEMADE PIZZA DOUGH
TIME: To get a nice chewy crust that is less yeasty make your dough 2 to 3 days prior.
FLOUR: Use an Italian Flour like Farina Tipo “00”. You can typically find Tipo “00” in most grocery stores. Brands I’ve seen include: Antimo Caputo Tipo “00” and Cento Anna Napoletana Tipo “00”.
DOUGH: Handle the dough with care at room temperature. When shaping the dough place on a lightly floured surface molding and pressing with hands into a disc of dough that has a raised outer edge.
OVEN: Pre-heat the oven to the maximum possible temperature that it can go and turn on the broiler or grill option.
BAKE: Bake the pizza on a baking stone or baking steel. Since pizza bakes longer in a home oven (about five to six minutes), add the cheese after 3 minutes of baking so you don’t end up with burnt or dry cheese.
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Homemade Pizza Dough
- Prep Time: 20 Minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 1 Ball of Dough 1x
- Category: Pizza
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
A recipe for Homemade Pizza Dough that you can use for a variety of pizzas.
Ingredients
Makes 2 thin pizza crust
2 cups tipo “00” flour (250 grams)
3/4 cup lukewarm water
Optional: 1/4 cup room-temp water (if dough is too dry add water a little at a time until you get to a slightly sticky consistency)
1 packet of Active Dry Yeast
1 tsp Fine Sea Salt
1/2 tsp Granulated Sugar
Instructions
Pre-heat oven an hour at maximum temperature prior to making pizzas, typically 450°F to 500 °F degrees.
- Add the yeast into a small bowl and sprinkle with sugar, add 3/4 cup of lukewarm water and stir to dissolve the yeast and the sugar. Cover with a kitchen towel and let it sit in a warm spot for 30 min.
- Sift the flour into a large bowl, then make a well in the center. Pour the yeast mixture, salt, and the yeast mixture (little at a time) in the center.
- Knead everything into a smooth silky dough that you shape into a ball.
- Dust the ball with a little flour, cover and set aside in a warm place to rise for an hour.
- Once it rises dust with a little flour and roll into a ball and let it rise again for about 30 minutes.
- After it rises the second time roll into a ball again.
- Store in a container in the fridge for up to 3 days for a less yeasty crust. Or if you need the dough the same day you can use the dough after the 2nd rise.
- Remove dough from fridge 2 hours prior to making pizza so that the dough is at room temperature.
- Knead the ball of dough, then shape into a disc using your hands.
- Add your toppings: Margherita Pizza Recipe
- Bake on a stone or steel tray in a pre-heated oven 450°F to 500 °F (or as hot as you can get it) for 5-6 minutes.
Notes
Bake for 3 min, take out of the oven and add the cheese and bake for another 3 to 4 minutes.
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