How To: Ultimate Pizza Dough
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Recipe type: Basic, How To
Cuisine: Italian, Vegan
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Serves: 2 large pizzas
 
Ditch the cardboard tasting, shop-bought pizza base and start kneading your own fluffy dough. Simple, basic recipe for a perfect vegan pizza night.
Ingredients
  • 3¼ cups strong white flour (plus extra for dusting)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 7g dry active yeast
  • 1 tbsp. sugar
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 320ml warm water
Instructions
  1. Stir together the yeast, sugar, olive oil and warm water and set aside for a few minutes
  2. Meanwhile, sieve flour and salt into a large bowl and make a well in the centre of the flour.
  3. Pour in the wet ingredients into the well and stir together until it forms a wet dough, use your floured hands to bring it together into a ball. Add a little more flour if it's too sticky - but don't over do it.
  4. Dust your work surface with a generous coating of flour and transfer the dough onto it, also dusting the dough with flour.
  5. Knead the dough for a few minutes, adding flour to the surface when it begins sticking.
  6. Transfer to a large floured bowl and cover with cling film, pierce a few small holes to allow the dough to breathe, leave in a warm place for 45mins to 1 hour. The dough should double in size.
  7. Once the dough is ready, transfer onto a floured surface and punch out the air. Here you can either transfer to the fridge for later, put in the freezer for another day or simply start making it now!
  8. Pre heat your oven to 180C/350F/Gas mark 4
  9. Push & pull out the dough into a large circle and form a thicker crust.
  10. Pop on your toppings and place in the oven for 17-20mins
Recipe by The Hungry Herbivores at https://www.thehungryherbivores.com/how-to-ultimate-pizza-dough/