Impasto per pizza

Basic Pizza Dough

This is a thin crust pizza recipe. It is a recipe for two medium pizzas.

Ingredients:

4 1/3 cups all purpose flour
2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
1-1/2 cups lukewarm water
1 pack. 7 gr. dry active yeast

Instructions:

1. In a big bowl combine all the dry ingredients, the oil and then add the water slowly mixing well with a fork. Don't use all the water if it's not necessary.
2. Knead the dough with your hands for about 10 minutes and then shape into a ball, put it in the bowl and cover it with a kitchen towel.
3. Let it stand in a dry place for 3 hours or until the dough has doubled in bulk.
4. Work the dough a little bit more and if it's too sticky add a little bit of flour.


Notes:

This is the real Italian pizza that it is very different from the one that you may have eaten in a pizza parlor outside of Italy. Its origin is very antique but the introduction of tomatoes in our country brought by Cristoforo Colombo (Christopher Columbus) contributed to making pizza a famous dish.

There's a pizza for every taste. When you learn how to make it then you can create your own favorite one. The pizza dough recipe above I divide into two pizzas 15 " X 11" each. That is the equivalent of two 14" pizzas. The toppings in this site are for one pizza (half this dough). Divide your dough in two parts and make a topping for each one.


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