Easy Pizza Dough

A quick an easy recipe for a pizza dough without the need to wait overnight. This recipe is for one pizza of approx 28 cm diameter.

Ingredients

• Pizza flour (260 g)
• Yeast (12 g fresh / 4 g dry)
• Look-warm water (170 mL)
• Olive oil (10 g)
• Salt (4 g)
• Sugar (4 g)

Steps

1. Disolve the sugar and yeast in the water. Let it rest 5~10 minutes to activate it¹.
2. In a clear bowl set the flour and make a whole in the center. Add in it the salt and oil and integrate everything.
3. Integrate the water with the mix until it becomes a dough. Knead everything for 10 minutes, until it becomes smooth and elastic.
4. Let it sit for 1~2 hours until it doubles the size.
5. Set the dough on a floured surface, then make a ball generating tension on the surface. Let it rest for another 40~60 minutes.
6. Spread the dough into a pizza shape by first stretching it on the sides, then with the tip of the fingers pressing from the center to the sided.
7. Prepare the pizza as desired, then bake at 250 °C for 30~50 minutes.