How to Make Pizza Dough

How to Make Pizza Dough

Tired of buying pizza dough that you wish you hadn't bought
when you read the ingredients? Want to make good pizza dough
with few ingredients easily? Well, this is how you do it.

!! Steps !!

Gather the ingredients:

* 1 cup of warm water (around 105 degrees Fahrenheit)

* 1/2 tablespoon of salt

* 1 tablespoon of sugar

* 1 tablespoon of olive oil

* 1 tablespoon of dry yeast

* A little over 2 cups of flour

Put the warm water and yeast in a large bowl. Add the sugar and let
sit for 5 to 10 minutes until the yeast activates and a foam
appears. Add the salt and oil.

Gradually add in the flour as you stir the mixture simultaneously.
You know you have added enough flour when the mixture becomes too
thick to stir. Knead the dough. It is ready when it is glossy and
tacky but not sticky; and a small amount pinched off can be
stretched (by pinching and pulling) thin enough to let light pass
through.

Turn the dough out of the bowl onto a clean, well-floured surface. A
wooden board or clean table is best. Make sure it is at a height
where you are comfortable working. If it is very moist or sticky,
sprinkle additional flour over the top.

Gather the dough into a pile and begin pressing it together. Press
the heels of your hands firmly into the dough, pushing forward
slightly.

Fold the far edge of the dough upwards, towards you, and press it
into the middle of the ball. Rotate it slightly, too. Repeat this
press-fold-turn sequence for the duration of the kneading process.

Let rise up to 1 hour at room temperature or 5 hours in the
refrigerator.

Place on a floured counter and flour the top of the dough.

Cut the dough into two round balls and repeat the following steps
for each piece.

* Flatten one ball with your hand until about 1 or 1 1/2 inches (2cm
- 4cm) thick.

Pick up the disk of dough, and pinch the dough about 1/2 inch
(1.27cm) from the edge. Try and stretch as you pinch, repeat this
all around the edge.

When the disk of dough has been stretched enough to start to be
floppy, proceed to tossing.

Make a fist and drape the dough over your fist.

* Make a fist of the other hand and slip it under the dough next to
your other fist.

Carefully move your fists apart stretching the dough more.

* Shift your fists (left towards your face, right away) so the dough
rotates while stretching.

When the dough has reached about 8 inches (20cm) in diameter, you
can quickly move your left fist in an arc that goes backwards
towards your face. Do this while twisting your right fist forward
away from your face. If you give a a little push upwards with
your right fist the dough will spin like a Frisbee. Practice how
it feels to balance the force of the fist twists equally. This
will keep the pizza from spinning off into the corner (or worse).

* Be sure to catch the falling spinning pizza as gently as you can
with your two fists to avoid tearing.

!! Video !!

!! Tips !!

* When kneading, try not to tear the dough, just stretch it.

!! Things You'll Need !!

* A large bowl

* Cling wrap

* If using the mixer method, a dough hook

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