Pizza base recipe

Ingredients

• 1kg of ‘00’ flour
• 1 teaspoon of fine sea salt
• 14g of dried yeast
• 1 tabelspoon of golden caster sugar
• 4 tablespoon 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 activiate (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 becames sticky use flour-dusted hands to work into ball

• kneed dough until smooth and springy

• place dough in a large flower dusted bowl
• cover with a damp cloth in a warm area
• leave for an hour and dough should have doubled in size

• remove dough on to flour dusted worktop and knock back dough

• either wrap balls in cling film and put in fridge / freezer until needed or use immediately.

• roll pizza out into base about 15-20 minutes before use
• put pizza slate in over and heat to recipe temperature
• place pizza base on slate and add toppings
• cook in over for 18-20 minutes
• serve

Published 17 October 2017, with 205 words.