Fresh Pizza Dough
Classic Italian Pizza Dough
Creating a classic Italian pizza dough involves a few key ingredients and steps to achieve that perfect balance of crispiness and chewiness.
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Here’s a recipe that captures the essence of traditional Italian pizza dough:
Ingredients
For pizza dough
• 160g all-purpose
• 90 g water, room temperature
• 3 pinches of salt
• 4 g fresh yeast (or 2g of dry/instant- activated)
For tomato topping
• 60g peeled tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 basil leafs
• Half garlic clove
• 1 pinch of salt
Prepare dough
• In a glass melt the yeast in the water.
• Once it’s melted add to the flour in a medium mixing bowl.
• Add 3 pinches of salt and knead briefly with a fork.
• Once all the ingredients are well mixed start kneading thoroughly with your hands until the
dough is soft and elastic.
• Once all flour has been incorporated, turn pizza dough out onto a lightly floured working surface.
• Begin kneading dough gently.
Resting time
Once dough is elastic and smooth, place onto baking tray and cover with a wet kitchen towel. Let
the pizza dough rest 1,30/2 hours until its properly risen.
Prepare tomato topping
Heat up olive oil on a pan on medium heat and stir fry garlic and basil. Add pure peeled tomatoes
and salt. Reduce the heat and let it simmer for 20 minutes.
Prepare tomato topping
Heat up olive oil on a pan on medium heat and stir fry garlic and basil. Add pure peeled tomatoes
and salt. Reduce the heat and let it simmer for 20 minutes.
