I want to share with you a pizza dough recipe which we tested out with our neighbours a few weekends ago. Over Christmas Mark and I acquired a couple of pizza stones (he is pretty much a full-on pizza addict) and so it only seemed right to give them a trial run with proper homemade goodness! I promise this is simple and doesn’t need fancy ingrediants. Next time you are thinking of phoning dominos think twice – you won’t regret it :o) To prove how good it is I should say that Mark and I made more pizza the next day…here are a couple of photos of the final pizza goodness – I even made mine into a calzone #proudgrin
The original recipe states it makes two…I think that it only really makes 1.333r When Mark and I made the pizza’s pictured above I made 1.5 the quantity of dough so here is what I think you should follow for 2 pizzas.
Ingredients
450g strong bread flour (I used white but fancy half brown next time)
1.5 tsp instant yeast
1.5 tsp salt
1.5 tbsp olive oil
300ml warm water
Step 1 Place the dry ingredients together and mix well
Step 2 Make a well and pour in the warm water and olive oil
Step 3 Mix with a wooden spoon until you have a soft, fairly wet dough
Step 4 Turn on a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes
Step 5 If you wish to let it rise (not essential for thin crust) then return to the mixing bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave to rest somewhere warm
You can make a tomato sauce – I just use a jar of shop bought stuff, handy to keep a jar in the cupboard as it covers 2 pizzas. When you’re ready to use the dough, just split in two, turn on a lightly floured surface and roll out with a rolling pin – don’t forget to keep your rolling pin well doused in flour too.
Enjoy!
Amy x
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