Florence Pizza Dough
Ingredients
- 3.5 cups All purpose flour
- 1.5 tablespoons Salt
- 1.5 cups Hot water
- 1.5 tablespoons Yeast active dry
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
Instructions
- Mix the Water and Yeast together and allow to foam for a few minutes. Okay to add a teaspoon of sugar, if desired, for the yeast. Make a mountain of flour on a clean counter top. Add the salt and sift with a fork, slowly forming a “well” to pour the water/yeast mixture. Slowly pour half the water/yeast mixture in the well, adding the olive oil - pull the flour/salt into the well. When the ingredients reach a consistency that resembles pancake batter, add the rest of the yeast/water mixture and incorporate more the walls of the mountain into the liquid mixture. Once thick enough to fold with a spatula, mix by scraping and folding until it is thick enough to mix and knead with your hands.
- Fold and roll the dough over and over - for about 4 to 7 minutes enough a nice ball forms. Cut into four pieces, form into nice balls. Place on a clean surface that has been greased with olive oil. Rub olive oil all over the balls (lightly), place a few inches apart and cover with a hot wet towel. Allow to rise for 1 to 1.5 hours.
- Roll out dough and top as desired (best if sauce and toppings are light). Bake at 450 in the oven or grill on a pizza stone until edges of pizza are lightly browned.
