Flour, salt, water, yeast…. come together to create the ultimate start for a great Italian pizza!
Here is the process of making classic pizza dough…
Pizza dough
Ingredients
- 500 grams maida or all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 10 grams sourdough or fresh yeast – use ½ teaspoon instant dried yeast, if sourdough is unavailable
- 310 ml water
Step by step instructions
- Place 200ml water in a large bowl. Boil the remaining water and mix with the cold water. This becomes the right temperature to activate yeast. Mix salt and yeast in the water.
- Your yeast mixture is ready, stir the maida in it. Go ahead with your hand and mix it till it forms a ball like structure. knead the dough for 10 minutes, you can use a little dry maida to dust your hands. Here you have a soft, stretchy dough. this texture is a result of the super gluten formed as a result of constant kneading. It's time to let your dough sit for 2 hours in a warm place. You can cover the bowl using a cling wrap.
- The dough has doubled in size, time to divide it in 5 equal parts of about 160 grams each. Place each piece in a separate bowl, let it rest for another 20 minutes, it shall again double itself. Finally, you'll get 5 pizzas of 12 inches each.
