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2006-11-02 14:13:15 · 4 answers · asked by Charlie 1 in Food & Drink Cooking & Recipes

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Basic Pizza Dough

* 1 cup warm water
* 1 package active dry yeast
* 2 1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 1/2 teaspoon salt

Combine the water, yeast, and 1 1/2 cups of the flour in a large bowl. Mix well. Add the oil, salt, and remaining flour. With large wooden spoon or your hands mix the ingredients together until the dough holds its shape. You may need a bit less flour, so add the last half gradually.
Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. If the dough becomes sticky, sprinkle a bit more flour over it.
Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled 2-quart bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel, and let the dough rest until it has doubled in size, about 1 hour.
When the dough has risen, place it on a lightly floured surface, divide it into two or more parts and roll them into balls. Cover them with a towel and let rest for 15 minutes. The dough is ready to be shaped, topped and cooked.

2006-11-02 14:18:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

Basic Pizza Dough
Ingredients:

4 1/2 cup Unbleached all-purpose
White flour
1 tsp Salt
1/4 cup Olive oil
2 pkt Dry yeast
1 1/2 cup Warm water
2 tsp Light brown sugar

Measure 1/2 cup warm water (110 F) into 2 cup container and stir in the brown sugar. (Make sure water is warm, not hot - too hot will kill the yeast). Dissolve the 2 packages of dried yeast in the water and set it aside for 5 minutes. Will become frothy. (about 2 cups worth!)

Sift 4 cups of the flour and the salt into a large mixing bowl. Make a depression in the middle of the flour and pour in 3/4 of the olive oil and 1 cup of warm water. When the yeast is ready, add it also.

Dust your kneading surface with flour, then mix the ingredients in the bowl with your hands. Place dough ball on the floured surface and knead from 8 to 10 minutes. Add flour to the kneading surface if the dough is too sticky or wet. Eventually the dough will become elastic.

Rub the insides of a clean bowl with the remaining olive oil and place the dough in it, coating the dough with olive oil by turning it in the bowl.

Cover with a clean cloth and let rise in warm, draft-free place until double in size, 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. An oven with the light on or a lit burner pilot will provide suitable heat for rising dough.

When dough has risen, divide into two halves, then roll each out on floured surface. A round shape may be cut out with table knife using 12" bowl or plate as template.

Sufficient for 2 12" thin-crust pizzas, or 1 12" thick-crust.

HINT: Before filling and baking, form rim around outer ring of pizza dough to hold ingredients better. Brush the inside area of the dough, not the rim, with olive oil and let the dough sit in a warm place and rise a little before filling. Then spoon in sauce, cover with 1 lb. mozzarella cheese, add meat toppings, then cover with mozzarella/parmesan mixture of cheese.

Then brush rim of pizza crust with olive oil. Sprinkle the pizza pan or oven tiles with cornmeal to prevent pizza from sticking to cooking surface!

THE VERY BEST: Cook on a pizza stone or oven tile at 500 F. The unglazed oven tile makes a huge difference in the crispiness and texture of the crust. It absorbs moisture and keeps oven temperatures even. May even be removed with pizza and set on a rack on table - will keep pizza warm much longer.

Chicago Style Pizza Dough
4 cup unbleached white flour OR a mixture of white and whole wheat
1/4 cup gluten flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/4 cup oil
1 pkt yeast or 1 tablespoon bulk dry yeast
1 1/4 cup warm water
Pesto sauce optional


Method:
Mix the seasonings and oil with the warm water. Add the flours and knead until as smooth dough results. Allow to rise for 30 minutes or longer to relax before spreading in a large Chicago style pan or 2 flat pizza pans. Be sure to use the black pepper as it adds to the flavor.

For Pesto crust, add 2-4 tablespoons of pesto with the oil This makes a good dough in a bread machine on the dough setting.

Drizzle or brush a light coating of olive oil over the crust. Add the tomato sauce and toppings. Bake until just beginning to brown, and then add the cheese(s). This will tend to make a less drippy sauce.

Seasoned pepper, ground chipotle pepper, or crushed red pepper may be added to the dough instead of black pepper for a more spicy flavor.

2006-11-02 14:45:47 · answer #2 · answered by Smurfetta 7 · 2 0

Making Pizza Dough
The wholesome activity of pizza dough making has been played out in kitchens, at hearths and near firesides across the planet for century after century. This magical transformation combines the most common of natural ingredients, through an ages old process, into a healthful, tasteful and universally appealing foodstuff which can literally be considered to be the staff of life.

Making your own pizza dough by hand is, at once, the most challenging and the most satisfying of culinary experiences; an art that can be mastered, with practice. Home made pizza dough, "from scratch," is without a doubt the single most defining factor that differentiates a great pizza from any other pizza that you will ever have. And, the personal gratification that comes of successfully making pizza at home for yourself, your loved-ones and your friends is unparalleled.

This recipe will make enough pizza dough for two, 12" deluxe pizzas. It's a good place to start if you've never hand-made dough before, and, it's not too large a portion to work with at one time.

No special machinery is required, (except your hands). You will, however, need to have a large mixing bowl, a measuring cup, measuring spoons, a large whisk or wooden mixing spoon and some kitchen film at the ready before you start, along with the following ingredients.

You may also want to have a dish cloth, dish towel or paper towels handy, too. You will quickly find that once you start making pizza dough by hand that it is a challenge, and an unnecessary interruption, to have to stop mid-process in order to go looking for needed supplies.

If you are prepared, then let the fun and the magic begin...

Ingredients

1 - 1/4 Oz Envelop - Active Dry Yeast, (or 2 1/4 Tsp)
1 1/2 Cups - Warm Water (110°F - 115°F)
4 Cups - Bread Flour
1 1/2 Tsp. - Salt
2 Tbsp. - Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Tbsp. - Sugar

Extra flour
Extra Olive Oil

Instructions
Pour the warm water in a large mixing bowl. Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.

Add the yeast and gently stir the mixture until the yeast is dissolved.

Let the mixture sit for 10 minutes to allow the yeast to become "active."

The mixture will become foamy at the surface and appear cloudy, and, it will begin to release its familiar, "yeasty" aroma.v Add the salt and olive oil and stir again to combine the ingredients.

Add 1 cup of flour to the mixture and whisk in until dissolved.

Add the second cup of flour and whisk it in until the mixture is smooth.

Add the 3rd cup of flour and combine evenly. The dough mixture should now be fairly thick.

Add the last cup and flour and, with your hands, begin to combine the dough until all of the dry flour has moistened into a mass.

You may need to add a dusting of flour from time to time to reduce the stickiness of the dough as you work it with your hands. Be patient, folding the dough mixture in on itself, over and over again.

When the flour has absorbed all of the moisture and congealed into a firm mass, remove it from the bowl to a floured tabletop to knead it.

Press the dough out with the balls of both of your hands. Then, fold the mass in half and "push it into itself." Fold it in half again and push it into itself, again and again for perhaps 10 to 12 minutes or so, or about 200 cycles. It is very important that the dough is very well kneaded. Over knead it rather than under knead it or you will be disappointed that it will not rise to its full potential when baked.

The dough ball will eventually loose its stickiness, and become pliable and elastic. Kneading is complete when the dough transforms into a silky, smoothly-textured ball slightly larger than a large grapefruit.

Coat the dough ball with a thin layer of olive oil, and place it in the bottom of a large mixing bowl which has also been coated on the inside with olive oil. Stretch a piece of kitchen film over the top of the bowl and set it in a warm place such an as un-lit oven, (ambient temperature of 70° F to 80° F). Allow the dough to rise, undisturbed, for 60 to 75 minutes. The dough will have grown to at least twice its original size.

Take the raised dough mass out of the bowl and cut it in half with a knife.

Take the raw dough portions and separately pat them down flat on a cutting board to press out and release the air that has developed inside them. Hand-mold each portion into a ball, smoothing the outer surface and tucking each portion into itself from underneath. (This action can be likened to stuffing or folding a sock into itself.) Set the two dough balls apart, momentarily, and consider the next steps.

If you choose to continue with making the pizzas now, (recommended), here's how.

Some dough makers "proof," (or re-raise), the dough balls at this point. They can be set apart in bowls or plastic trays and covered at room temperature, to "rest" for an additional 15 or 20 minutes, if you wish. Some recipes call for up to an additional hour of "proofing."

For practical purposes, this pizza dough recipe does not have to be put through a complete second rise cycle.

Try this alternative. Working with the dough at room temperature, roll out each dough ball into a 3/8" thick circle, about 14" in diameter. "Pan" the dough into a pizza pan, then let the panned dough "proof" for 5 to 10 minutes in the pan before adding your sauce, cheese and toppings. This step will give the dough a chance to "blossom," resulting in a thicker, fuller and chewier crust edge.

If you wish to store the dough for later use, by either freezing or refrigeration, you can place the dough balls in zip-lock bags. Squirt a little olive oil into each of the bags to keep the balls moist and pliable and to ease removal when ready for use. If you choose to freeze or refrigerate: the dough balls may continue to rise until they are substantially cooled down or frozen, which is OK as long as they don't break out of their bags. If they do, mold them back down into balls and re-bag them.

When you are ready to used the stored dough, allow the dough to warm, (thaw), to room temperature before attempting to roll out and pan.

The refrigerated dough balls, (held at 36°F to 42°F), should remain usable for 24 to 48 hours, but will begin to "deteriorate" or "ferment," thereafter.

Frozen dough balls, (held at -10°F to 0°F), should remain usable considerably longer, weeks perhaps, as long as they are well-wrapped, (to prevent freezer burn), and are air-tight.



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2006-11-02 14:18:02 · answer #3 · answered by santhana k 3 · 2 0

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2006-11-02 14:15:47 · answer #4 · answered by Janice Tee 4 · 0 0

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