Tex's Pizza Dough 🍕.
You can have Tex's Pizza Dough 🍕 using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Tex's Pizza Dough 🍕
- You need 1 1/2 cup of plain flour.
- You need 1 cup of lukewarm water.
- It's 1/2 tbsp of dry active yeast.
- You need 1 tsp of sugar.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil.
- It's 1 tbsp of sliced black olives (optional).
- It's of your favourite Italian herbs (optional).
Tex's Pizza Dough 🍕 step by step
- In a mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water.
- Beat in 1 cup of the flour.
- Combine the rest of the flour with the oil, salt, herbs, and olives, then add to the bowl. Mix until you have a dough that is elastic, but easy to handle. Add a little more flour or water if necessary. Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl..
- Cover the bowl with cling film. Allow to prove for at least 2 hours at room temperature, or until the dough has doubled in size.
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- Flick the dough so that it begins to drop, almost to it a original size. Remove from bowl and place on your oiled work surface. Knead then form into a long brick shape.
- Divide into as many equal-sized pieces as you like according to the size of pizza you want.
- Form into equal size balls and allow to prove again for at least 30 mins.
- Cut and divide into smaller balls if necessary. Then take any dough balls you aren't ready to use, wrap in cling film then freeze.
- Shape with a rolling pin first, then your hands. Make sure the middle is thinner by working outwards with your fingers. Transfer to a baking tray or pizza stone..
- Add your favourite toppings and herbs while on the tray.
- Cook at 220°C/gas mark 7 (425°F) on the bottom shelf of the oven, for approximately 15-25 minutes (rotating the tray halfway through) or until the crust is golden brown.