Brian's Great Pizza Dough
This recipe comes my good friend in northeastern Thailand and sounds like a winner as well. This makes enough pizza dough for four 8 inch pizzas.
Ingredients
- 2½ teaspoons yeast
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 cup lukewarm water, (¼ cup plus ¾ cup divided)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus as needed
- 3 cups bread flour, use per the instructions
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, add yeast, honey and ¼ cup of the lukewarm water and stir. Let this sit for 10 minutes.
- Add the salt, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and 1 cup of the flour and ¾ cup of the lukewarm water, stir with a wooden spoon.
- Now add another 1 cup of flour, stir with a wooden spoon or with floured hands.
- Now add another ½ of the flour and mix in until a sticky ball of dough forms, add additional flour as needed, 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Once a sticky ball has formed, remove from the bowl and place on a floured surface.
- Kneed for 5 minutes adding flour as needed to have a have a surface on the dough that is a bit tacky.
- Form a dough ball and place dough in bowl with olive oil, roll ball in olive oil to cover surface, cover with cloth and let rise for 30-40 minutes
- Deflate the dough and turn out onto a lightly floured surface, cut the ball into 4 pieces and form each piece into a ball.
- Cover with a damp cloth and let rise for another 20-30 minutes.
- Now you can use immediately or wrap balls separately in plastic wrap and store in the fridge until use.
- Each ball will make one 8 inch pizza. If you want larger pizzas, adjust the number of balls accordingly.
- Use your preferred method for preparing the crust.
Notes
Low cost.
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