Showing posts with label dough. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dough. Show all posts

Friday, September 17, 2010

Pizza Dough

This is the first time I've made pizza dough. Usually, I use the 5-minute rise dough from a mix. Quite convenient and time (and cost) saving, but ultimately not the premium. This recipe is out of The Bread Baker's Apprentice, a classic in bread literature.

I used an abridged version, since I was short on time and did not prepare well. It turned out pretty tasty, but I would still suggest in the future to use the full version.

(An action shot!)


Note: I also halved the recipe.

Pizza Crust (abridged)

adapted from The Bread Baker's Apprentice, by Peter Reinhart

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 + 1/8 t salt
1/2 t yeast
1/8 cup olive oil
3/4 + 1/8 cup cold water

Instructions:
1. Combine flour, salt, and yeast.
2. Add oil and water, and mix as if using a dough hook (or use one, if you have), for 5 minutes.
3. Sprinkle flour on a counter, place dough on, and cut into 3 pieces of equal size. Shape all into a sphere.
4. From sphere, use fists to shape into 6 inch rounds. Dust rounds with flour, place onto wax paper, cover with saran wrap, and let rise for 2 hours.
5. For cooking instructions (specifically grilling... stay tuned!)