Basic Pizza Dough

Serves

Ingredients

1.	Warm your water/milk until about body temp, then place in a mixing bowl. Add the yeast and sugar, then leave for 10 mins to bloom.
2.	Next add in the olive oil, and after a quick stir, add the flour. Mix in until it forms together into a nice ball of dough.
3.	Place the ball of dough onto a lightly floured surface and kneed for about 8-10 minutes. By now, it should be nice and smooth and stretchy.
4.	Place it back in the bowl, cover with a clean tea towel and leave to prove and double in size. You can do this at room temperature, in which case it should only take an hour or so. Alternatively, you can do the mixing in advance, and leave it in the bowl covered in cling film in the fridge for about 12 hours, even 24 if necessary, but not much longer.
5.	Once the proving is over, divide the dough into 2 balls.
6.	Preheat your oven to Gas Mark 6 / 200°C / 400°F
7.	Dust a couple of baking trays with some cornmeal (if you have it - if not use flour)
8.	Using your thumbs press each ball into a rough 8-10" circle and lay on the baking tray
9.	Smooth over a tablespoon of tomato puree and then toppings of choice
10.	Bake for 12-15 minutes