Authentic Italian Pizza Dough

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Authentic Italian Pizza Dough

The basic dough is composed of a few simple ingredients such as flour, water, sugar, oil, salt, and yeast. With the indicated doses, 3 round pizzas of 28-30 cm in diameter are obtained.

Prep Time20

Cook Time1

Total Time1 20

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, european, Italian

Keyword: dough, integral flour dough, italian pizza dough, pizza dough, wheat-flour dough

Servings: people

Calories: 85kcal

Author: Annie

Equipment

Sift

Ingredients

500 g integral flour
400 ml water
50 ml olive oil
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
7 g dried yeast

Instructions

Preparing Yeast Composition for the Dough

In a small/medium bowl pour 150 ml of warm water
Add the 7g of dried yeast, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 2 tablespoons flour
Mix everything and let rest for 10-15 minutes. You know the yeast is ready when there’s a foam hat formed above the liquid

Making the Dough

Sift the flour in a large bowl
Pour in 250 ml of warm water and 50ml of olive oil
Add the yeast composition to the flour and mix everything with a spoon
Take the ununiformed dough from the bowl, place it on the table and start kneading it with your hands
Add little of flour gradually to the dough while kneading until it doesn’t stick to your hands
Cover the dough, or the bowl with the dough with food film
Let the dough rest for at least 1 hour at room temperature. Up to 12 hours of resting is advisable

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