Noel is normally the pizza dough maker. In fact I have to say the patience he has had experimenting with all types of pizza dough recipes has been great - I am sure that he has cursed the fact that we brought him a pizza oven for his birthday! LOL!
Anyways, we tried this recipe the last time we made pizzas and it was really yum as a pizza base. The recipe doubles as bread day also, which I must say is great also.
It is a very light pizza base, once cooked. A little sticky to work with - but Noel swears by the fact that the wetter the dough the better the pizza base.
Incredibly Easy Pizza Dough (or Bread Dough)
Makes: 4 pizza bases or 2 loaves of bread
600 grams plain white flour (best to use good strong baker's flour - higher in protein)
4 teaspoons dried yeast
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
400ml water
Mix one tablespoon of flour, the sugar and yeast with a couple of tablespoons of tepid water and allow to stand for 20 minutes.
In a large bowl mix flour, one tablespoon of olive oil and salt.
Add yeast mixture and enough water to make up a firm dough and mix well.
Cover bowl with damp tea towel and leave in a warm place for an hour.
Remove dough to a floured workbench and knead for five or six minutes.
Divide dough into 4 and shape onto pizza trays. Top with your favourite toppings and bake.
To make bread:
Divide dough into two, knead each into a loaf shape, put in oiled bread tin, cover with damp tea towel and leave in a warm place for an hour.
Before baking, sprinkle surface of each loaf with flour.
Bake in moderately hot oven (200°C) for about 45 minutes, or until top is golden brown and bottom is light brown. Tap the bottom, it should sound hollow.
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