Pizza Dough
Classic Italian pizza dough with cold fermentation for a crispy base. The amount of yeast can be reduced by half if it’s to ferment for more than one day in the fridge. Notes Test-baked January 2025 with good results Ingredients 400 ml water (400 g / 4 dl) 20 g fresh yeast 600 g Tipo 00 or Manitoba Cream wheat flour (10 dl) 2 tsp salt Olive oil Instructions Pour lukewarm water into a large bowl and stir in the yeast until dissolved. Mix in salt and then flour. Stir with a spoon until the dough is evenly mixed. Don’t knead! Sometimes the dough feels a bit dry at this stage. This is completely normal and the dough will feel moister after the first fermentation. Cover with plastic wrap and let ferment at room temperature for 8-12 hours. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and divide it into 4 (normal size) or 8 (mini pizzas) equal parts. Form them into round balls by pressing down the dough piece in the middle and folding over the edges. Repeat a few times until you have a taut dough ball without tears. Brush a tray with olive oil. Place the balls on it and brush a little olive oil over them. Cover carefully with plastic wrap. Place in the fridge and let cold-ferment for about 1 day. Let the pizza balls sit out at room temperature for 1-2 hours before you bake the pizza. Then the fermentation will start and the dough becomes fluffier. Tips Freezing: Freeze fermented dough balls in 0.5L containers. Thaw slowly to restart fermentation before use. ...