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Basic Pizza Dough
A simple and tasty pizza dough that makes 2 10" pizza bases
- 225 ml Water (or Milk)
- 7 grams Instant Yeast
- 350 grams Plain Flour
- 30 ml Olive Oil
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
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Warm the milk/water a little until it reaches body temperature. Pour into a mixer bowl, and add in the yeast and leave to bloom for 10 minutes
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Add in the flour, olive oil, salt and sugar, then mix with the dough hook on a medium speed for about 8 minutes until it is smooth and stretch
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Place in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a damp clean tea-towel, and leave to prove and double in size at room temperature. Alternatively, cover in cling film and prove overnight in the fridge
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Once proved, divide into two balls
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Pre-heat the oven to 220°C / 425°F with a baking stone inside
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Press out one of the dough balls to roughly a 25cm / 10" circle. Dust a pizza peel with cornmeal, then lay the dough on the peel
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Top the pizza with tomato sauce, cheese and toppings of your choice
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Slide the pizza onto the stone, and bake for 12-15 minutes or until the crust is risen
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