Easy Homemade Pizza Base Recipe with 00 Flour
This is my simple and effective pizza base recipe. It uses ‘00’ flour which is a finely ground Italian flour that is perfect for pizza bases. The dough is easy to make and can be used immediately or stored in the fridge or freezer for later use. It’s fun to knead and shape the dough with children.
- Prep time: 20 minutes
- Proving time: 1 hour
- Makes: 4–6 regular oven-sized pizza bases
Ingredients
- 1kg of ‘00’ flour
- 1 teaspoon of fine sea salt
- 14g of dried yeast
- 1 tablespoon of golden caster sugar
- 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- 650ml of lukewarm water (200 boiled, 450 cold)
Method
- Sieve flour + salt on to large work top
- Mix yeast, oil and water in a jug and leave to activate (5-10 mins)
- Mix fluid again before use
- Make well in the flour and pour in fluid
- Fork in flour and mix and bring in more and more
- Once it becomes sticky use flour-dusted hands to work into ball
- knead dough until smooth and springy
- Place dough in a large flour-dusted bowl
- Cover with a damp cloth in a warm area
- Leave for an hour and dough should have doubled in size
- Remove dough onto flour-dusted worktop and knock back dough
- Split into small balls or discs as required
- Either wrap balls in cling film and put in fridge / freezer until needed or use immediately.
Cooking and Immediate Use
- Roll pizza out on to a base about 15-20 minutes before use
- Put pizza slate in oven and heat to recipe temperature
- Place pizza base on slate and add toppings
- Cook in oven for 18-20 minutes
- Serve
