Basic Pizza Dough

Basic Pizza Dough (For 1 large Pizza) – If you have less time, choose my Cheat’s Pizza Dough recipe.

Ingredients:

175g Strong Plain Flour
¼ teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon fast action dried yeast
1 tablespoon Olive Oil

Recipe:

1. Mix the dry ingredients – flour, salt and yeast. Make a well in the centre of these ingredients and add ¼ pint warm water and Olive Oil.

2. Use a wooden spoon and stir the ingredients until it forms a wet dough. Keep mixing for another couple of minutes.

3. Place the dough on a floured surface and knead until smooth, for about 5 minutes. Place in a bowl and leave to rise for about an hour.

4. After it has risen, knead the dough for a couple of minutes again.

5. Place a lightly oiled flat baking tray in a hot oven at 220 degrees C or gas mark 7 to heat.

6. Roll the dough to fit the baking tray and place into the tray, pressing up the edges.

Now follow my recipe for Pizza.

Preparation and Cooking time: 1 hour plus rising time
Easy/Hard to make: Medium