This is the classic Italian recipe for pizza dough.
Pizza Dough (classic Italian recipe)
Print recipeIngredients
- 250g Plain flour - Italian type 00 bread flour
- 3/4 teaspoons Salt
- 11g Fresh yeast (or 10g fast-action dried yeast)
- 120ml Lukewarm water
- Olive oil for brushing
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl and make a well in the centre | |
| Step 2 | |
| Put the yeast into the lukewarm water and mix very well until smooth | |
| Step 3 | |
| Poor the water into the well in the flour then use a wooden spoon to mix the two into a soft dough. If the mixture is too sticky, add more flour | |
| Step 4 | |
| Turn the mixture out onto a floured work surface and knead for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic | |
| Step 5 | |
| Oil a bowl with the olive oil then shape the dough into a ball and put into the dish. Cover with cling film or a damp tea towel. Place into a warm area and leave to rise for 1 hour or until almost doubled in size. If you're making the dough up to 24 hours in advance, place the covered bowl instead in the fridge | |
| Step 6 | |
| To make the pizza base; turn the dough out onto a floured surface, flatten the dough with the palm of your hand, then roll out to approximately half a centimetre in thickness. Oil a baking sheet and put the flattened dough onto it pushing out to around 40 cm diameter circle making sure the edges are thicker than the centre | |
