Pizza Dough Base
After purchasing a prepackaged pizza from the supermarket and concluding that it didn’t taste that great, I took it upon myself to learn how to make my own pizza dough.
Ingredients
- 3 cups of plain flour
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- teaspoon or so of sugar
- 7g or 1 teaspoon yeast
- salt and pepper
Method
- Add the sugar and yeast to the hot water and mix well. Leave for approx 10 mins until frothy. The sugar helps with the yeast activation process
- Add salt and pepper to flour and mix well.
- Add the hot water mix to the flour and mix well until you form a dough
- Add the olive oil and mix through
- Continue to knead until you form a nice dough (up to 10 mins)
- Cover the container that has the dough with cling wrap and let stand for about 30 - 60 mins. The dough should double in size. Use a double pot (with hot water) to ensure that the pot containing the dough remains warm allowing the yeast to react properly.
- Use additional flour on the bench and knead the dough again. Use rolling pin to help flatten the dough
- Add pizza sauce and toppings. Cook at 200 degrees for approximately 12 - 15 mins for soft or crispy base.
Additional
- The photo used was my first attempt at making pizza dough, and I didn’t have a rolling pin which is why the base looks a bit thick.
- The dough expands during cooking. So even though it looks extremely thin uncooked, the finished product can be quite thick
- I don’t know what will happen if you skip the yeast or use a smaller / larger amount of ingredients