Pizza is one of my favorite foods. I can eat it everyday. Making pizza dough is very simple to make and requires very few ingredients. For this recipe I use wheat flour from Poland, type 550.
Watch my video on how to make this delicious recipe.
Cheese Pizza
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 5 cups flour
- 2 cups lukewarm water
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp sea salt
- 1 packet active dry yeast (7 grams)
For this recipe you'll also need pizza peel and oven pizza stone.
Toppings
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 3/4 cups shredded fresh mozzarella cheese
Instructions
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Using a stand mixer bowl, add two cups of lukewarm water.
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Add sugar and two tbsp of flour and mix it all together.
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Add a packet of dry active yeast
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Wait 5 minutes until the yeast starts working and add two cups of flour.
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Mix it with a spoon and add salt, and continue mixing.
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Add 2-3 cups of flour and gently mix it
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Place the bowl back to the mixer and using a hook mix the dough for 8-10 minutes.
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Add olive oil.
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Continue mixing for another 5-10 minutes.
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Remove the bowl with the dough from the mixer and place it on the counter to rest covered with a clean dish cloth.
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Wait approximately 1 hour for the dough to rise.
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Preheat the oven to 225 degrees Celsius (435 F - 450 F).
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Take about 250 grams (9 oz) of dough and flatten with your hands.
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Using a rolling pin, flatten the dough into a large circle.
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Take some parchment paper and transfer the pizza dough onto it.
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Pour same pizza sauce and spread it evenly with circular motions.
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Using a wooden pizza peel, lift it and place it onto a pizza stone inside your oven. If you don't have one, place your pizza onto a large round pizza pan.
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Bake for 18-20 minutes.
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Remove your pizza and sprinkle some fresh mozzarella o top.
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Bake for another 5 minutes.
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Remove from the oven and cool for 3-5 minutes.
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Enjoy!
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