Monday, March 12, 2012

Pizza Dough Recipe

After much trial and error, I present to you my prized possession - PIZZA DOUGH
Hey, it's vegan too :)
Makes 1 Large Pizza
Ingredients:

-1 c. Warm water or Veg stock
-2 tsp. Active Dry Yeast or 1 pkg
-1 T Sugar
-2 tsp. Kosher salt
-1 T extra virgin olive oil
-2.5 c. All purpose flour
-.5 c. cornmeal
(optional)
-herbs & spices: ie parsley, rosemary, thyme, sage, peppercorn

Method:
Pre-heat oven to 425*F. In a stand up mixer (kitchen aid) or large mixing bowl (if you're a hardman) combine the warm water, yeast and sugar. Stir gently until incorporated. Let stand for 10 minutes (so the yeast can feast on the sugar). You may notice lots of bubbles, that's good. Now add the extra virgin olive oil, salt, herbs and spices. Mix until well incorporated. Add flour and cornmeal 1 cup at a time, making sure to stir in before mixing. You are done mixing when the dough is no longer sticky. Remove from bowl, and roll into a big ball. Coat mixing bowl with oil (to prevent sticking) then throw your dough in. Cover with plastic wrap (or a clean towel if you're a dirty hippie). Let rest in a warm place (probably on top of your warm oven) for 1 hour.

If you want to save dough for a future meal, cover with plastic wrap or sandwich bag and place in freezer instead of "let rest in warm place for 1 hour."

After the hour has passed, roll out to desired size. Personally, I prefer about 1/4" in thickness for a thinner crust. If you want doughy shoot for 1/2".

This is where you get to experiment: I like lots of sauce on my pizza so its nice to bake just the crust with a little cornmeal and olive oil to firm it up a bit. This just keeps it from gettin a little soggy. If you like the doughy type with little sauce go ahead and load up the toppings, and bake for about 20 minutes or until desired crispness.

Devour. Repeat.

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