| Easy Handmade Pizza Dough. Pizza dough is really easy to make and with the rising cost of living homemade it is much cheaper than bought ready-made bases. Dough itself seems to have been painted as overcomplicated to make, but it's not and nor does it need any fancy machines, gadgets or special flour to make. If you have kids, this dough is great to divide into smaller pizzas and let them do their own toppings. The dough can also be dressed up for grown-up pizza with charcuterie-type meats, red capsicum, mushrooms, sliced red onion, fresh or sundried tomatoes grated mozzarella, crumbled feta, and gourmet sauces etc. Some argue cheese goes on after the sauce base to hold the toppings. I like mine on top, but you choose how you like it, and it will still taste great! |
Recipe - serves 4
Utensils
Measuring spoons
Ordinary dinner knife (table knife)
Large bowl
Measuring jugs
oven tray
Ingredients
2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
1 tablespoon granulated yeast
1 cup warm water
1 teaspoon ordinary salt
2-3 cups plain high-grade flour
2 tablespoons olive oil (or just use what oil you have in the pantry)
A little extra oil for baking tray
A couple of handfuls of pizza toppings of your choice
Method
Measure warm water into bowl. Be sure not to have it too hot or the yeast will be killed.
Sprinkle yeast and sugar onto warm water.
Leave to ferment for 10-15 minutes until the top is frothy.
Add salt, oil.
Add 2 cups of the flour 1/4 cup at a time and mix in with the knife until the dough is thick. Note the quality of your flour will determine the amount of flour needed to achieve a malleable dough hence only adding 1/4 cup at a time. Use a knife to mix together, sprinkling more flour as necessary to achieve a dough that isn't 'wet'.
Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes.
Leave 10-15 minutes to rise a little. Re-knead a few more minutes sprinkling more flour onto the surface and dough if it is still too sticky. Avoid rubbing off the bits on your hands or that stick to the bench back into the dough.
Place dough in the center of a lightly oiled oven tray, flour your rolling pin lightly and roll dough out to form the pizza base.
Serving suggestions: Spread over a layer of tomato relish, pizza sauce, plum sauce, balsamic onion jam, or whatever sauces you have in the fridge. Sprinkle grated mozzarella cheese and add toppings of your choice on top.
Heat oven to 200 c and cook for 10-15 minutes until crust is golden brown.
| Handmade Uncooked Pizza Dough with Toppings Ready to Cook |