Pizza dough
Description: Make your own easy pizza dough with this authentic Italian recipe – it uses '00' flour to give the base a lighter, crisper texture. But if you have bread flour, it will still produce a great homemade pizza. Top the bases with passata or pizza sauce, then add your favourite toppings.
Ingredients
- 650g/1lb 7oz '00' flour (or strong white flour), plus extra for dusting
- 7g dried fast-action yeast
- 2 tsp salt
- 25ml/1fl oz olive oil
- 50ml/2fl oz warm milk
- 325ml/11fl oz warm water
Instructions
- To make the dough, mix the flour, yeast and salt together in a large bowl and stir in the olive oil and milk. Gradually add the water, mixing well to form a soft dough.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes, until smooth and elastic. Transfer to a clean bowl, cover with a damp tea towel and leave to rise for about 1½ hours, or until doubled in size.
- When the dough has risen, knock it back, then knead again until smooth. Roll into a ball and set aside for 30 minutes to 1 hour until risen again.
- Preheat the oven to its highest setting.
- Divide the dough into 6 balls and roll each out on a lightly floured work surface until about 20cm/8in in diameter. (You can also make one big pizza.) Spread a little passata (or homemade tomato sauce) over each pizza base and top with your favourite toppings.
- Bake the pizzas for 10–12 minutes or until the bases are crisp, golden brown around the edges and any cheese on top has melted. Keep an eye on them as the exact cook time will vary between ovens.