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Pizza dough

Prep Time: 15 min / Cook Time: / Total Time: 15 min

You may not believe me, but in our family, preparing pizza dough is the husband's prerogative.

Author and photographs: Olga

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You may not believe me, but in our family, preparing pizza dough is the husband's prerogative. It displays the ideal proportions and ratios of different types of flour - checks the difference in the result with different proofing parameters!

I even bought a special container for dough-proofing! He kneads himself!

Pizza dough

Yield: 4 pizzas

Ingredients

Pizza dough:

600 gr water
1 kg flour (type 00, for pizza, strength about w280)
1 gr fresh yeast (not dry!)
30 gr salt

Instructions

I would stop at the first version of the test - I'll tell you honestly! Actually, I stopped at it - I’ll write it to you because I follow the course of further experiments only as a taster. All these - "you need to add a little more whole grain and lower the temperature, and theeeeen..." Of course, I am pleased, but only as an observer🥰😍.

A man stretches pizza dough on the table. A man stretches pizza dough on the table. The process of making pizza.

A man adjusts the side of the pizza dough. A man adjusts the side of the pizza dough. The process of making pizza.

A man who cooks pizza A man who cooks pizza

And to be honest, when friends come to us, no one has ever refused an extra slice of pizza! And since today is just Friday, and this dough should be parted for more than a day, today is just a good evening to prepare your perfect dough for the arrival of friends on Saturday! (do not be afraid in advance 24 hours - your participation will be needed only in the first 15 minutes - turn on the mixer for the test, and then turn it off and put it in the molds)

Typically, pizza flour is labeled as 00 and has a strength rating of W250 to W330. We use Caputo pizzeria flour 00.

If the strength indicator is indicated on flour, take about w280. If not - take any "pizza flour" 😀 what can you do - harsh times require harsh decisions🤣.

A man is standing near the window. A man is standing near the window. There are uniforms on the table next to the man. A man grates cheese for making pizza.

A man pours tomato sauce over pizza dough. A man pours tomato sauce over pizza dough.

The dough preparation process is quite simple. You need to take all the ingredients except salt, knead the dough until combined, add salt, and knead the dough for 10 minutes. Then cover the dough with a towel (preferably Italian striped - like in the movies) and leave it on the table at room temperature (23-26 degrees) for 2 hours. Then - divide the dough into 4 blanks. Form balls out of them with twisting movements. And leave the dough in a clean plastic container for 24 hours at about 16°C. Preparation for 1 pizza will be about 250 gr. If you didn't make pizza dough the first night, that's even better. Tomorrow it will become even more interesting in taste. Just once a day, the dough needs to be formed into a ball