Quick & Easy Pizza Dough
Homemade pizza needn't be difficult! Spend a mere 10 minutes making the dough and then load it with your favourite toppings. It easily beats any pre-made base you can buy in the shops!
This recipe is for a large, deep-pan style pizza. If you'd prefer a thin base, either half the required ingredients or split the dough into two and make two pizzas!
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Homemade pizza needn't be difficult! Spend a mere 10 minutes making the dough and then load it with your favourite toppings. It easily beats any pre-made base you can buy in the shops!
This recipe is for a large, deep-pan style pizza. If you'd prefer a thin base, either half the required ingredients or split the dough into two and make two pizzas!
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Ingredients
- 7 g bread yeast (1 pack)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 225 ml warm water
- 350 g plain flour
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
Optional
- 1 Tbsp cornmeal for the base
Servings: large pizza
Instructions
- Set the oven to 220-230°C.
- Add the sugar, yeast and warm water into a bowl and stir well. Let sit for 3-4 minutes or until the mixture looks creamy.
- Add the flour, salt, oil and yeast/sugar mixture into another bowl and mix together. Add more water if it's too dry. Likewise, add more flour if it becomes too wet.
- Form into a dough ball and let it sit for 5 minutes.
- Roll out the dough onto a lightly floured surface.
- On a large oven tray lined with baking paper dusted with cornmeal (optional), transfer the base before topping with your favourite ingredients.
- Bake on the top shelf for 15-20 minutes or until crisp and golden.
