How to make Pizza Dough from scratch
Making Pizza is not rocket science. But it does involve a lot of labor if you don’t own a mixer that does the job for you. You have to knead a lot to develop the gluten in the flour. In fact, making the dough is like constructing a piece of art! Once you have the dough in place you can roll the dough thinly to make a thin crusted pizza or into medium thickness to have a crusty base and a little bit of spongy bread like texture. The first step for any Pizza, however is the Base.
PIZZA DOUGH – The Recipe
This is a video on how to make pizza dough from scratch at home –
Here’s what you need –
In a bowl, add the flour, salt, oil, sugar & instant yeast
Mix well.
Add the warm water
Stir continuously to bring it together
Knead the dough for 15 minutes (manually) or 8 minutes with a mixer.
While kneading, make sure you stretch the dough & pull it back in many times.
Knead till you get a smooth, elastic ball of dough.
Place the dough in a well oiled bowl also making sure the top has been brushed with oil too.
Cover with a plastic wrap or a damp cloth.
Let it rest in a warms pot for 1.5 – 2 hours or until the dough doubles in size
How to make Pizza Dough from scratch
- Prep Time: 2 hours
- Total Time: 2 hours
- Yield: enough for 1 pizza 1x
Ingredients
- 1 tsp instant yeast or 1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast * (you’ll have to “prove” the yeast. read tips)
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) lukewarm water
- 200 gm plain flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil (or any vegetable oil)
Instructions
- In a bowl, add the flour, salt, oil, sugar & instant yeast & Mix well.
- Add the warm water. Stir continuously to bring it together
- Knead the dough for 15 minutes (manually) or 8 minutes with a mixer.
- While kneading, make sure you stretch the dough & pull it back in many times. Knead till you get a smooth, elastic ball of dough.
- Place the dough in a well oiled bowl also making sure the top has been brushed with oil too.
- Cover with a plastic wrap or a damp cloth.
- Let it rest in a warms pot for 1.5 – 2 hours or until the dough doubles in size
To store the dough
- Punch down the dough, cover all sides with plastic wrap & put it in the freezer. It will last for a week. Just make sure to thaw in the refrigerator for 6 hours before using.
Tips – Yeast
- If using active dry yeast, to warm water, dissolve sugar & add yeast. Let it rest for 5 minutes till it becomes frothy. Then add this to the flour mixture & proceed
Hi Kavita,
I tried the pizza dough to make cinnamon rolls and they came out great. This is going to be a keeper recipe for me. 🙂 I am yet to try freezing and using. Hope that works as great too. Thanks. 🙂
Do stop over at my space when you get some time.
Remya
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