How To Make Pizza Tough

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How to make pizza dough
Ingredients:
• 400 grams of all-purpose wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon of fresh yeast (baker's yeast)
• 200 ml of water
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of sugar
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
Preparation of the dough:
In a large plastic container mix the yeast and water. Add the 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, stir a little with your fingers and begin to incorporate the wheat flour little by little. Add also the pinch of salt and sugar.
Use only one hand to mix. At first you will stick unbearably on your fingers, keep mixing and adding the flour little by little.
By this time the mixture will start to be less sticky. You must continue to knead it, with both hands now, until it sticks to your fingers. This takes several minutes. …show more content…

Knead hard for about 10 minutes. Stretch it and rejoin it several times, the idea is that the dough becomes elastic. If you still stick a bit on your fingers, add more flour, but always in small portions. Keep kneading until it looks compact and uniform.
After this, place the pizza dough back into the plastic container and cover with a clean, dark cloth. Let stand for 1 hour. With this you will allow the incorporated yeast to start acting, causing it to increase in size.
After this time unclogs the container, you will surely find that the dough has grown. Ideally, it has doubled.
Put it on the flat surface where you worked it before with a little bit of …show more content…

This you will decide you according to your taste and you can adapt it in later preparations.
Once your pizza is ready, cut it in its classic triangular shape and enjoy it as a family.
Reasons why your homemade pizza might not stay the way you wanted it
Even if you already know how to make homemade pizza, it does not hurt to follow these tips.
• The process of making the dough is important. You must use a fresh and good quality baker's yeast. Nothing to use one that was saved months ago. Neither baking powder, which is not the same. If the dough does not grow, you most likely used an old yeast.
• Not all wheat flours are the same. Follow the steps I give you. And only alter them if you see that the dough is very watery or very compact when you are mixing it. And remember: any adjustment does it in minimum proportions, never in a single stroke.
• When stretching the dough, be careful not to break it, if there are broken or very thin parts, you can stick it in the mold when you remove it. Maybe if this happens it is not the end of the world, go ahead.
• Remember to grease the mold well, on all sides, including the edges so that it does not

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