Beginner's Guide to Making Pizza Dough
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What do you need to make pizza dough?
Basic equipment
Don't rush out and buy all the latest pizza gadgets (or at least not to begin with...) You only need a few basics to get started.
More equipment
When you fancy taking your pizza making game more seriously, you might want to invest in a few of these.
Ingredients
For a very basic pizza dough, you only need 4 ingredients! That's it.
- 560g lukewarm water
- 900g '00' pizza flour
- 9g fresh yeast of 4g instant dry yeast
- 30g salt
To calculate other quantities, we wouldn't be without PizzaApp or download our dough bible with a list of quantities of the key ingredients to make dough under varying temperature and hydration conditions.
Make your dough
- Add the yeast to the lukewarm water and stir. Leave for 5 minutes.
- Add the flour to the bowl of your stand mixer with a dough attachment.
- Turn on the mixer to the lowest speed setting, and slowly pour in the water/yeast mixture. Make sure all the yeast is used.
- Continue mixing for around 5-7 minutes until the dough starts to look smooth. This is kneading; if you prefer you could knead by hand.
