Garden Café Pizza Dough

Name: Garden Café Pizza Dough
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 1 × 7 g packet of fast-acting dried yeast; 50 g butter, cut into cubes; 2 level teaspoons salt; 15 g caster sugar; 450–500 ml tepid water (more if needed); 3 tablespoons olive oil; 680 g strong white flour (or 600 g strong white flour plus 110 g rye flour); 680 g strong white flour (or 600 g strong white flour plus 110 g rye flour); 680 g strong white flour (or 600 g strong white flour plus 110 g rye flour)

Preparation info

Makes
8 × 25
cm Pizzas

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ballymaloe Bread Book

By Darina Allen

Published 2023

About

The beauty of this recipe is that it is so quick and easy, as using fast-acting dried yeast does away with the first rising. By the time your tomato sauce is bubbling, your pizza bases will be ready for their toppings!

Ingredients

680 g strong white flour (or 600 g strong white flour plus 110 g

Europe
Ireland
Pizza
Vegetarian

Method

Sieve the flour, sugar and salt into a large, wide mixing bowl. Rub in the butter and sprinkle in the fast-acting yeast, then mix all the ingredients thoroughly.

Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients. Add the oil and most of the tepid water. Mix to a loose dough. You can add more water or flour if needed.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured worktop, cover with a