Pasta per la Pizza

Pizza Dough

Preparation info
  • Makes about 1 kilogram 2¼ pounds ) dough (for

    6

    individual pizzas)
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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Every pizza chef has his or her own way of making pizza dough. Some methods are complex, using a variety of ingredients such as honey and wine, or a starter, to develop flavor and produce a particular texture (such as crisp, thick, or bready).

This is a relatively simple dough. A combination of flour, yeast, water, sugar, and oil, it produces a crisp crust of medium thickness. The use of pizza flour produces a delicate crust with a little chew and a crunchy texture, while the oil ad