Basic olive oil pizza dough
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Prep Time
20 Minutes
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Cook Time
20 Minutes
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Yield
750g
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Difficulty Level
Easy
Ingredients
- 1 cup lukewarm water
- 2 teaspoons dry yeast
- 1¼ teaspoons sugar
- 1¼ teaspoons salt
- 1½ tablespoons olive oil, plus extra, for greasing
- 475g ‘strong’ (bread flour) plain flour plus a little extra for dusting
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix the lukewarm water, yeast and sugar together until combined, then leave in a warm place for 5 minutes or until frothy.
- Stir in the olive oil into the water and yeast mix. Sift the flour and salt together into a large bowl.
- Making a hollow in the flour mix and use your hands to bring the mixture together to form a dough. (This step can be completed in a heavy duty food mixer using a dough hook)
- Turn the dough out onto a work surface and use the heel of your hands to work the dough for 5 minutes until it is smooth and elastic.
- Lightly grease the inside of a clean dry bowl with oil and add the dough cover with tea towel or cling wrap and leave in a warm (not hot) place to raise for 45–60 minutes or until doubled in size.
- Dust a clean work surface lightly with the extra flour and tip out the dough.
- Use your fists to knead and work (knock back) the dough to let any air out. Separate the dough into 4 portions and then kneading and working each portion separately form them into 4 balls.
- Place the dough balls on a lightly greased baking tray, cover and leave in a warm place to prove and raise for another 15 minutes. Roll out.
- Top with your favorite topping and bake in a preheated hot oven or pizza oven about 220°C for about 20 minutes.
| Servings: | 4 |
| Ready in: | 40 Minutes |
| Course: | Dinner |
| Recipe Type: | Pizza |
Basic olive oil pizza dough
A basic olive oil pizza dough makes the perfect pizza base for your next homemade pizza. It’ll save you buying a base and tastes so much better!
