Pizza Dough (for Monsieur Pierre)

I know you only need the recipe Pete, but I've added the method too in case anyone else needs it.  Enjoy! x

450g Flour (Type 00 preferably)
14g quick yeast
1 pinch sugar
1 pinch salt
225ml warm water
2 tbs olive oil

This makes 2 large pizzas.

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1.  Mix the yeast with the warm water, cover and leave somewhere warm for 15mins.  It should get pretty frothy.

2.  In a large bowl, mix the flour with the sugar & salt and make a well in the centre.  Add the oil to the yeasty water and slowly add to the flour, folding in the flour gradually.  You should end up with a smooth dough after a few minutes.

3.  Knead the dough on a lightly floured board for 12 minutes, then roll in to a ball.  Lightly oil the bowl and put the dough back in.  Cover and leave somewhere warm for 1-2 hours.

4.  After rising, knock the air out gently, and knead lightly for 5minutes.  Then divide in 2 and roll into balls.  Leave for 10minutes.  At this stage the, dough can either be rolled/stretched into bases, or wrapped tightly in lightly oiled clingfilm & frozen.  The dough works just as well after thawing.

This recipe makes enough dough for 2x 25cm normal bases, slightly bigger for crispy thin bases.

I have made this a few times recently with a dried yeast that needs re-awakening with warm water for 15mins first.  This goes straight into the warm water and when ready follow the recipe as usual.

These bases would be great with a homemade basil tomato sauce like this one...

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