Pizza Dough

Pizza Dough

from zoebakes.com
1 servings

You don't need much to create amazing pizza at home. This simple 00 flour pizza dough recipe provides great results every time.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups lukewarm water
  • 3 tbsp olive oil (plus more for drizzling)
  • 1 tbsp active dry or instant yeast
  • 1 tbsp kosher salt (plus a pinch for topping)
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 kg (8 cups) 00 caputo flour (plus more for dusting)
  • Cornmeal (for pizza peel (optional))
  • 2 cups tomato sauce
  • 1 1/2 lbs fresh mozzarella
  • 1 bunch basil

Directions

  1. 1

    Put the water in a 5-quart bowl or in a lidded (not airtight) plastic food container and add the olive oil, yeast, salt, and sugar. Or use a heavy-duty stand mixer fitted with the dough attachment. Then add all of the flour and mix with a wooden spoon, dough whisk, or the mixer. Cover with a lid (not airtight). Allow the dough to rise at room temperature, approximately 2 hours.

  2. 2

    After rising, divide the dough into 8 equal balls. For each ball, pull up and cut off a half-pound (orange-sized) piece of dough, using a serrated knife or kitchen shears. Hold the piece of dough in your hands and add a little more flour as needed so it won’t stick to your hands. Gently stretch the surface of the dough around to the bottom on all four sides, rotating the dough a quarter-turn as you go to form a ball. Most of the dusting flour will fall off.

  3. 3

    Remove the dough balls from the refrigerator 1-3 hours before you want to use them. Prepare and measure your toppings in advance. This will help you top the pizza quickly so you can get it into the oven before it sticks to the pizza peel.

  4. 4

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