How to Make Pizza Dough

After trying to make pizza dough at home, you’ll see the difference between home dough and store-bought dough. You will also find it very simple to knead the pizza dough.

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Ingredient

2/3 cup (165 ml) warm water (about 38 degrees Celsius)
1 teaspoon (5 ml) sugar
1 teaspoon (5 ml) yeast
1/2 tablespoon (7.5 ml) salt
1 tablespoon (15 ml) olive oil
2 cups + 1 teaspoon (250 g) flour

Steps

Pour warm water into the bowl. Add yeast and sugar. Stir gently and then leave for about 5-10 minutes until the yeast activates by turning into foam on the surface of the water. Then add salt and oil.

Slowly pour in the flour while constantly stirring the mixture. You’ll know if you’ve added enough flour when the mixture is too thick to stir.

Knead dough . When the dough is shiny and slightly sticky (but not too sticky) it is ready to knead; a small pinch of powder that can be stretched (by squeezing and pulling) thin enough to let light through.

Remove the dough from the bowl and place it on a clean surface covered with dry flour. A dry cutting board or clean countertop is best. Make sure the surface is at a comfortable height when kneading the dough. If the surface is too wet or sticky, you can sprinkle more dry flour on top.
Form the dough into a ball and start pressing. Press your palm firmly into the dough and push it forward slightly.
Fold the far edge of the dough up and towards you, then press it into the center of the dough. Press and roll gently. Repeat the press-fold-roll process throughout the kneading process.

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Let the dough rise for up to 1 hour at room temperature or 5 hours in the refrigerator.

Place the dough on the floured counter, then sprinkle the dry flour over the dough.

Cut the dough into two circles and then repeat the following steps for each dough block.

Use your hands to flatten a round dough ball down to about 2-4 cm thick.

Hold the round, flat piece of dough and pinch the dough from the edge to 1.3 cm. Try to stretch the dough while pinching and repeating around the edge of the dough.

When the dough is stretched enough and begins to fall, you can proceed to toss the dough.

One hand clenched and then wrapped the dough on top of the fist.
The other hand also clenched and slid under the dough, next to the other fist.
Carefully move your fists apart to stretch the dough.
Rotate the fist (turn left and towards the face immediately) so that the dough is rotated while stretching.
When the dough reaches a diameter of 20 cm, you can quickly move your left fist in an arc back towards your face. Do this while turning your right fist away from your face. If you push your right fist slightly upwards, the dough will spin like a Frisbee. Practice feeling to create a balance between the rotational force of the two fists. That way, the pizza dough won’t corner (or even worse).
Make sure to catch the rotating and falling dough as gently as possible with two fists to avoid tearing the dough. However, if you see a tear in the dough, you can simply start over and repeat the spinning process again.

Advice

Sprinkle dry flour on your hands to prevent the dough from sticking.
When kneading the dough, try not to tear it, just stretch it.
If the dough is too thick, you may need to use a rolling pin to flatten it.
Use a food processor with a beater hook to knead the dough faster and more efficiently.
Tie your hair back to prevent it from sticking to the dough.
Do not add too much water to the dough. If you add too much water, the dough will become too sticky.
Remember to sprinkle dry flour on the surface to knead the dough because otherwise the dough will stick to the surface.
Wash your hands before kneading the dough.
After kneading the dough, let it cool for about 30 minutes.
Do not let the dough cool for too long, or the dough will harden.

Warning

Do not use too much flour, or the dough will become too dry.
Do not stretch too much, or the dough will be too thin and will not bake properly.

Things you need

Big bowl
Food wrap
Flour hook (if using a food processor)

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