Basic Pizza Dough
Here’s both the hand and Thermomix version of my fave basic pizza dough. You can do so much with this!
Here’s a video making a pizza scroll packed with Smug Sauce that I make for the kids for their school lunches. It’s also perfect for a picnic. I love making this dough into ‘pull aparts’ too! You can get away with hiding so much goodness in here for the kids!
Ingredients
220g luke warm water
1 tsp sugar or sweetener
20 grams fresh yeast or 1 sachet (2tsp) of instant yeast
400grams bakers flour (strong white plain flour)
1 tsp salt
Hand Method
Heat oven to 200C (400F)
Lightly grease a large bowl with oil and set aside
Place water, sugar and yeast in a bowl and allow the yeast to dissolve and bubbles to appear on the surface
add flour, olive oil and salt and form into a ball
lightly flour your bench-top and work (knead) with your hands for 3-4 mins or until it feels elastic
Place in the oiled bowl, cover with wrapping and leave in a warm place to double in size over an hour or two
Stretch or roll out, top with Smug Sauce and go!
Thermomix method
Place water, sugar or malt powder (optional) and yeast into mixing bowl and mix 20 sec/speed 2.
Add baker's flour, oil and salt and knead 2 min/.
Transfer dough into prepared bowl and work into a ball. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and leave to prove in a warm place until doubled in size (approx. 1 hour). Use as required.
