Best Easy Pizza Dough
Ingredients
- 300 g bread flour, plus more for dusting
- 1.5 g instant yeast ((~1/2 teaspoon))
- 7 g fine grain sea salt ((scant 1 teaspoon))
- 200 g ice-cold water
- 4 g extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Whisk the flour, yeast and salt together in a large bowl.
- Add the cold water and olive oil and stir to combine.
- Turn the dough out onto a counter, and knead for about three minutes. Allow the dough to rest for 15 minutes.
- Knead for another 3 minutes and then cut the dough in half. Shape each piece into a ball pulling the ball toward you to develop a bit of surface tension.
- Rub a small amount of olive oil on each ball then transfer each to a small container or plastic sandwich bag. Refrigerate overnight. The dough can be used after the overnight rest and kept up to three days.
- A couple hours before you’re ready to make pizza, bring the dough to room temperature, this usually takes about 2 hours. I look for bubbles and loftiness in the dough.
- Shape your pizza dough (I talk through all my favorite tips up above), sauce, and arrange your toppings.
- Bake in the hottest oven you have, preferably on a pizza stone. If you’re using a home oven 450F and a pizza stone will get you impressive results.
