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Do you need a great pizza dough recipe? Making homemade pizza dough is easy. Making pizza dough does not require tossing dough over your head the way they do in movies, although you're free to try. Read on to learn how to make pizza dough step by step.
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Tossing Pizza Dough - Instructions by Tony Gemignani
While most people just roll out their pizza dough, if you'd like to toss it professionally, the tips in this video can help. he dough is first rolled into a 10 inch circle, and passed back and forth between the hands. It is tossed with the palm of the dominant hand, and caught with the fist of the other hand.
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Introduction
The key to great tasting pizza is the crust, and everyone has their own opinion as to what a great crust tastes like. When you make your own pizza dough, you can ensure that the crust comes out exactly the way you like it. -
Step 1: Pizza Dough Ingredients
Step 3: How to Make Dough With a Stand Mixer
Place the first three ingredients and the yeast in the bowl, then let sit for 5 minutes. Add the flour and salt, and start the mixer on low with the dough hook in place. After the ingredients are combined, increase the speed to medium-low and mix for 10 minutes. Allow the dough to rise as described in the hand recipe.Step 2: How to Make Pizza Dough in the Bread Machine
This is the simplest way to make pizza dough. Place all the ingredients into the bread machine in exactly the order listed above. Select your machine's dough setting and start the machine. It will usually take an hour and a half, and when completed, you'll be presented with dough that is ready to roll out for pizza.If your bread machine cannot handle 6 cups of flour, cut the quantity of each ingredient in half.
Step 4: How to Make Pizza Dough by Hand
While appliances such as a stand mixer or a bread machine are nice to have, it's also fairly simple to make the dough by hand. Even if you are going to use electric gadgets to make your pizza dough regularly, it's a good idea to go through the entire process once by hand so you can learn what the dough should seem like at different stages.
Mix the Pizza Dough
- Pour the water into a large mixing bowl.
- Sprinkle the sugar and yeast on top.
- The mixture should begin to show tiny bubbles after a few minutes as the yeast begins to feed on the sugar.
- Once you see the bubbles, add one cup of flour, the olive oil and the salt. Mix thoroughly.
- Add 4 more cups of flour, mixing well with a large wooden spoon until all the flour is incorporated.
- Place the remaining 1 cup of flour on the counter top (or wherever you will be kneading the dough.
- Pour the contents of the bowl onto the flour.
- Knead the dough until it feels stiff and springy, which should take about 10 minutes. The dough is done when you can poke a finger into the ball and it pops back. Allow the dough to rest for 15 minutes.
- Wash and dry the mixing bowl before coating the inside with olive oil.
- Knead the dough a few more times, until it is smooth.
Rising
- In order to allow the dough to rise, place it in the greased bowl, rolling it around so all sides are coated with oil.
- Place it in a warm place, cover with plastic wrap, and allow it to rise until it is doubled in size. This can take 1-2 hours. You'll know it's ready when you can poke your finger in it and it doesn't spring back at you.
- Turn the dough onto the counter and punch it down, to deflate it.
- Knead a few more times until smooth, then shape and make your pizzas.
Step 5: Rising Alternatives
Sometimes you need pizza dough quickly, and other times you don't need it until tomorrow.- If you are in a hurry, you can use the dough immediately after kneading, without allowing it to rise. It won't be as light as a dough that is allowed to rise, but it will still make good pizza.
- If you are making the dough ahead of time, you can let it rise in the refrigerator for between 8 and 24 hours. Allow it to come to room temperature for about 15 minutes before rolling it out.
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