pizza dough question?

Question

can you make pizza dough without the yeast ?if so can someone give me a good recipie , and lets say i did use another recipie that requiers yeast and i didnt add the yeast then what would the outcome of it be like lol....thank you :)

Answer 1

Yeast fluffs up the mixture of flour and water and gives it a texture other than 'FLAT and HEAVY'.
So, if you have a recipe that calls for yeast and you leave the yeast out, you will get a flat and heavy sort of thing that will be chewy, not pleasant to eat.
On the other hand, there are other ingredients that make flour 'rise' other than just yeast. For instance, you use baking powder to 'rise' cake dough, and there are recipes for 'soft breads' that don't call for yeast but rather for baking powder.
Also, a yeast alternative is 'sour dough'.
I use sour dough predominantly for my bread baking.
Sour dough is a living culture, in a way much like a living yoghurt culture. It is based on friendly bacteria eating a flour/sugar/nutrient mix and, in the process, eliminating gases which make bubbles in the dough and cause it to be acidic (mildly sour).
To start a sour dough, you can cook some potatoes in water and save the water, which will then have the protein nutrients in it that your friendly sour dough critters will need to go to work for you. After the potatoe water cools, you then mix in some flour, making a paste, not thin like a soup but also not heavy like a dough - something in the middle. Use about a cup of the potatoe water to about 3/4 cup of flour, and add about a tablespoon of regular white sugar to the mix. Stir it all up, and leave it in a warm but not hot place (your counter top) for a couple of days.
NOTE: NEVER use any metal implement to handle sour dough! Something in the metal inhibits the growth and spoils the dough! Use plastic or wooden spoons.
Also note that sour dough will attract fruit flies, so keep it covered with cloth, but don't seal the air off it. It needs air to breathe and live.
After a couple of days, you'll see bubbles forming in the mixture - this is a sign of life. For the next week or so, keep adding a few tablespoons of flour and a few pinches of sugar to the mixture. Add water to the point of keeping the dough mixture from getting too dry.
Now, think of it as growing something, because that's exactly what you're doing.
The sour dough is a living group of organisms, much like a garden. Give it love, give it attention, give it food, water and air.
After about 10 days, you have a 'resident sour dough' at your service.
What can you do with it?
1. You need to keep feeding it, at least 3 times a week if you leave it out on the counter, or at least once a week if you keep it in the fridge - so, every time you add more flower/water/sugar and increase its volume, you can take away about a cup or so to use in recipes that would normally call for yeast. I have baked bread like this for quite a while. I also make 'sour dough pancakes', and you wouldn't believe how good they are!
2. You can definitely use it to start a pizza dough.
I'm sure more questions will pop up with this idea, this is obviously not the place to address all of them.
If you or anyone else who reads this wants more information from me, please feel free to contact me through my personal website listed as 'source'.

Answer 2

You can't make traditional pizza dough without yeast. You can make things like tortillas though and use those as a base for your pizza.

Answer 3

Ciao! I'm Italian and I live in Italy. I use yeast for my pizza dought.
see this link there is the recipe (the website is Italian but translated in English) and also the video if you wish too watch it
http://english.incucina.tv/ricette/2968/3950/3386/ricetta.asp

Answer 4

you need yeast to make the dough rise. if you didn't add yeast, your dough will be heavy and tough and not a whole lotta fun to eat.

Answer 5

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