Dough Instructions
How to make the dough
Ingredients
- Around 13 ounces or 380 ml of cold water
- 18 grams of salt
- 600 grams of flour
- 7 grams-20 grams of yeast
Instructions
- Separate the water, putting two-thirds into a bowl and setting aside, then bring the remainder up to a boil on the stove.
- Next, mix the cold and hot water together and stir in the yeast and salt. The heat of the water will activate the yeast.
- Next, it’s time to add the flour and form the dough. This can be done with an automatic mixer, but we recommend sticking to the traditional method and doing it by hand.
- Pour the flour into the water, salt, and yeast mixture, and then stir with a wooden spoon until a doughy mixture begins to form.
- Start mixing by hand now and form the dough into a ball.
- Now, take the ball out of the dough and place onto a flat, floured covered surface (this is why we recommend keeping some extra flour aside) and knead it by hand until it’s smooth, firm, and springy.
- Now, return the dough to the bowl, cover with clingfilm, and leave it sitting at room temperature for around two hours, or until the dough has roughly doubled in size.
- Once the dough has risen, take it out of the bowl and used a edged tool to divide the ball into four pieces.
- Place each piece into its own separate bowl, cover, and wait until they have all doubled in size again.
- Once all your dough balls have doubled in size, it’s now time to start forming them into pizza bases.
- Lay each ball on a flat, floured surface and begin to knead.
- Start from the centre and use your fingers to push out towards the edges, forming the ball into a circle until you have reached your desired size.
- Pinch around the edges to form a crust, and the main circular surface is as thin as possible to create an authentic pizza base.
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