This pizza dough recipe is by Viveane Bauquet Farre and is the best one I have ever found. I've been using it for several years and it continues to impress myself and my guests!
Course Main
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Total Time 42 minutesminutes
Ingredients
1-¼teaspoonsactive dry yeast
½teaspoonsugar
1cupwarm water~110°F (43°C)
1teaspoonsea salt
1tablespoonextra virgin olive oil
2-¼cupsunbleached bread flourI use King Arthur
½cupExtra bread flour for dusting the doughpizza peel, work surface, etc.
Instructions
Add yeast and sugar to large bowl with warm water and whisk to dissolve the yeast. Allow to sit for about 10 minutes before continuing.
Add oil, salt and flour using a wooden spoon to combine until there is a dough-like consistency.
Knead the dough by hand for about 8 minutes until it is elastic (you can also use an electric mixer if desired). Form into a ball.
Lightly flour the dough ball and place it back into the bowl covered with plastic wrap. Place in a warm place to rise for 1 hour.
After 1 hour it should have doubled in size. Remove it from the bowl, divide in half with a knife to form 2 separate dough balls.
Place each dough ball into a gallon-sized zip top bag and into fridge for at least 3 hours or up to 36 hours.
Preheat home oven to 500°F while stretching the dough and loading the toppings. Just before placing the loaded pizza into the oven, turn the oven to broil where it will remain during the rest of the cooking process.
When ready to make pizza, remove one of the dough balls from the fridge and quickly stretch it into a 12-16 inch pizza without allowing it to come to room temperature.
Lay the stretched dough onto the floured pizza peel and adjust it further into desired size and shape. Lightly oil pizza dough before adding toppings.
Load stretched pizza dough with sauce, cheese, meat and toppings.
Place pizza onto pizza stone in oven using peel and let it cook for 8-12 minutes or until crust is crisp and brown on the bottom, crisp on the sides and cheese is melted in the center.
Remove from oven using a pizza peel. Slice and serve immediately.
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Notes
If using a pizza oven, preheat it to about 550°F for best results. 8-12 minutes or until the crust is crispy, sides are browned and cheese is bubbling.