Pizza Dough
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Turkish
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 1 Tbsp instant yeast
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 1 cup tepid water
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 500g plain flour
  • A splash of olive oil
  • One large bowl, oiled to hold dough
  • Semolina or corn meal (optional)
Instructions
  1. Sprinkle yeast onto the warm water, adding the sugar.
  2. Leave 10 minutes to make sure it is foaming.
  3. Once foaming which may occur quicker you can then move to next step.
  4. Add the salt and mix in the flour. Blend well, kneading for 3 minutes.
  5. Add a splash of olive oil and knead 2 extra minutes.
  6. It is important to have the flour properly hydrated before adding oil.
  7. Place into greased bowl and leave to rise half an hour or longer until doubled.
  8. I actually prefer to leave mine several hours.
  9. Pull off a chunk and roll out on a dusted counter. Either flour or if you have some semolina to sprinkle on the workbench, this will give a lovely crusty finish.
  10. If you wish to have a thin pizza, top immediately and bake 220C around 15 mins.
  11. For a thicked crust, leave the pizza base to rise before dressing and baking.
  12. This dough can keep for a week in the fridge in a container. Break off a chunk, knead it for a minute to reawaken it, and roll out on floured surface.
Recipe by Pantry Fun at https://pantryfun.com/pizza-dough/