Pizza Dough - instant yeast Pizza dough made with instant yeast

Ingredients

  • 300 g strong white flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp instant yeast
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 180 ml cold water

Method

  1. Place the flour in a bowl and add the salt to one side and the yeast to the other.
  2. Add the oil and mix.
  3. Gradually add the water and mix to form a soft dough. You may not need to use all the water.
  4. Turn the dough out onto an oiled work surface and knead for 5-10 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
  5. Cut off a small piece of the dough and stretch part of it as thinly as you can. If you can see the shadow of your fingers through the dough - the light should shine through the dough like a window pane - without the dough tearing, it is ready to prove.
  6. Leave to prove while preparing toppings.
  7. Divide the dough mix into four balls. Roll out on a floured surface into thin circles approximately 22 cm. Place each circle on a piece of baking paper and onto flat baking tray or a plastic chopping board, (so the pizza can be easily transferred to the oven later)
  8. Place a pizza stone or an upturned baking tray into the oven and heat the oven to 220 degrees C (in a non-fan oven).
  9. Spread pizza base with tomato sauce and add toppings.
  10. When ready to bake, slide the pizza directly onto the hot pizza stone or baking tray and bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the base is golden-brown and the topping is bubbling.
Tags Pizza Dough