Tex's Pizza Dough 🍕

Name: Tex's Pizza Dough 🍕
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup plain flour; 1 cup lukewarm water; 1/2 tbsp dry active yeast; 1 tsp sugar; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp sliced black olives (optional); your favourite Italian herbs (optional)

Tex @cook_3903024

Manchester, England

An easy pizza dough to which you can add an extra Mediterranean flavour with the addition of black olives and Italian herbs such as basil, oregano, and parsley.

Tex @cook_3903024

Manchester, England

An easy pizza dough to which you can add an extra Mediterranean flavour with the addition of black olives and Italian herbs such as basil, oregano, and parsley.

Saved

Ingredients

4 servings

1 1/2 cupplain flour
1 cuplukewarm water
1/2 tbspdry active yeast
1 tspsugar
1/2 tspsalt
2 tbspolive oil
1 tbspsliced black olives (optional)
your favourite Italian herbs (optional)

Saved

Steps

1

In a mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water
2

Beat in 1 cup of the flour
3

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.
4

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
5
6

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
7

Divide into as many equal-sized pieces as you like according to the size of pizza you want
8

Form into equal size balls and allow to prove again for at least 30 mins
9

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
10

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.
11

Add your favourite toppings and herbs while on the tray
12

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

Saved

Cooksnaps

Saved

Tex @cook_3903024

on October 21, 2015 02:36

Manchester, England

I'm a designer/artist and I learned to cook when I started making my own Chinese food over 30 years ago. I'm a lover of my native British food, but recently I've developed a taste for American comfort food, especially sandwiches and BBQ (watching too much 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives' probably). 😸 Unfortunately, we don't have any independent US-style diners or drive-ins in my neck of the woods, so I had to learn from recipe books and the Food Network. I'll also be publishing some traditional UK classics in case any non-Brits want to have a crack at Brit grub.