Homemade Pizza Dough 🍕

Name: Homemade Pizza Dough 🍕
Yield: 2 Pizzas
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g Flour; 5 g Yeast; 2 tsp Salt; 400 ml Warm Water; 25 ml Oil; 1 tsp Sugar; 25 g Polenta

Sally Strong @Sally

Bristol

Making your own pizza can seem intimidating, but it's a fab way to pass an evening for those with more time on their hands.

The best thing about homemade pizza is that it is so much more heathy and delicious than takeaway pizzas! It's loads cheaper too and you can tailor the toppings exactly the way you want them.

Making your own pizza can seem intimidating, but it's a fab way to pass an evening for those with more time on their hands.

The best thing about homemade pizza is that it is so much more heathy and delicious than takeaway pizzas! It's loads cheaper too and you can tailor the toppings exactly the way you want them.

Sally Strong @Sally

Bristol

Making your own pizza can seem intimidating, but it's a fab way to pass an evening for those with more time on their hands.

The best thing about homemade pizza is that it is so much more heathy and delicious than takeaway pizzas! It's loads cheaper too and you can tailor the toppings exactly the way you want them.

Making your own pizza can seem intimidating, but it's a fab way to pass an evening for those with more time on their hands.

The best thing about homemade pizza is that it is so much more heathy and delicious than takeaway pizzas! It's loads cheaper too and you can tailor the toppings exactly the way you want them.

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Ingredients

2 Pizzas

500 gFlour
5 gYeast
2 tspSalt
400 mlWarm Water
25 mlOil
1 tspSugar
25 gPolenta

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Steps

1

Combine the yeast, water and sugar to activate it. Leave aside for 5-10 minutes until it starts to foam.
2

Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl. Gradually combine the water bit-by-bit until you make a loose dough. Tip the dough out onto a floured counter and knead for 5-10 minutes until it is smooth and elastic. If the dough is very sticky you can knead it on an oiled countertop (instead of a floured counter).
3

Oil another bowl and place the dough in the bowl, coating it in oil as you do so. Cover with a wet tea-towel or clingfilm and leave to prove in a warm spot for about 2 hours, or until it is doubled in size.
4

Tip the dough out of the bowl onto a floured surface and split into 2 equal-sized balls. Gently stretch the dough to fit the size of the pan you are using.
5

Don't flatten with a rolling pin as this will remove all the bubbles, instead stretch it using your fingertips. You can use the back of your hands to stretch the dough more, place the dough on top of your hands and gradually pull your hands apart to stretch it out.The dough might be very sticky, you can dust your countertop with polenta to stop it sticking more.
6

Grease and dust your pizza trays with a little oil and polenta to stop the pizza sticking. Add your chosen toppings, cook and enjoy!!