Homemade pizza is on our table every Saturday for
dinner! Today I will be sharing with you my foolproof pizza dough recipe. This
recipe makes 4 large thin pizza bases and or 3 medium size deep pan bases. With
this recipe, you can make pizza with your favourite toppings. You can also make
focaccia bread or garlic and Parmesan knots and many more wonderful recipes.
Ingredients
for the pizza dough:
4 ½ cups of plain flour (You can use whole wheat flour if
you like to)
½ cup of whole milk powder
2 cups of warm water (40°C)
1 tbsp of honey (or caster sugar)
2 tsp of salt
1 sachet of dry yeast (7g)
4 tbsp of olive oil (or vegetable oil) for the dough
1 tbsp of olive oil (or vegetable oil) for brushing
Method:
1.
Add yeast, honey and warm water in a
bowl and stir well. Allow to sit for 5 minutes. (I normally put the bowl in the
microwave with the lights on). It should be foamy.
2.
In the meantime, add the flour, dry
milk, salt and oil in a large bowl.
3.
Add in the yeast mixture to the dry
ingredients and mix well until a ‘sticky’ dough forms. (You can use a standing
mixture if you want to).
4.
If the dough is too ‘sticky’, add extra
flour slowly and keep kneading for 10 minutes until the dough becomes very
smooth and elastic.(4 ½ cups of flour and 2 cups warm yeast mixture works
perfectly fine for me).
5.
Oil a bowl and place the dough in that
boil. Brush the surface of the dough with oil too so that it does not form a
dry coating.
6.
Place a plastic wrap/cling film on top
of the bowl.
7.
Place the bowl in a warm place for one
good hour. (I normally place it in the microwave with the lights on).The dough should look like this after one hour:
8.
When ready to use, preheat oven at 220°C for 15 minutes
9.
Deflate the dough and knead for few
seconds.
10.
Cut it according to the amount of dough
you need. (I normally cut the dough into
quarters)
11.
Place the dough on a floured surface and
stretch it using your hands to form a disc. (You can use a rolling pin instead
to shape it).
12.
Place the dough on a pizza peel side and
add in your pizza sauce all over the surface, your desired toppings, mozzarella
cheese on top and sprinkle oregano on top .
13.
Place the pizza on the pizza stone and bake
for 15-20 minutes (rotating halfway through to ensure even cooking).
If you don’t have a pizza stone, you can
use a baking tray (which I normally use)
1.
Oil the baking tray and place the disc.
2.
Bake for 1 minute.
3.
Remove it, add the pizza sauce, your desired
toppings and bake for 15-20 minutes (rotating halfway through to ensure even
cooking)
If you have leftover pizza dough, you can freeze it and
whenever you want to make pizza, just remove it and leave it at room
temperature for a 1 hour or until it is soft to handle. You can also make yummy
focaccia bread or garlic knots, parmesan knots and any pizza you like to have.
My favourite is veggie pizza and margherita. So, I made
myself a half-and-half one :D
Some of my family favourite toppings:
·
Chicken Tikka, Jalapeño and Red onions.
·
BBQ chicken, Sweet corn and Onions.
·
Tuna, Sweet corn, Olives, Onions and
Peppers
·
Red and green peppers, Olives, Sweet
corn and Pineapple
·
Paneer (Indian Cheese), Very small
amount of Sour cream all over , Green Peppers and Onions
·
Grilled vegetables and Caramelised
onions.
Just play around with the simple ingredients that you
have on hand to make your yummy pizza :)
Enjoy and stay tuned for more yummy recipes : )
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