Homemade Pizza
Equipment
Ingredients
Dough
active dry yeast
0.5 tsp
sugar
1 tsp
water
203 ml
all-purpose flour
290 g
olive oil
1 tbsp
salt
1 tsp
Toppings
pizza sauce
120 g
fresh basil leaves
6 piece
mozzarella cheese (cubed)
150 g
Instructions
Mix the dough
Combine yeast, sugar, and water in a bowl, then add flour to form the dough.
Add oil and salt, perform coil folds
Add salt and olive oil, then perform several coil folds until the oil is fully incorporated.
First rest
Cover the dough and let it rest for 20 minutes.
Second coil folds and bulk rise
Perform one more round of coil folds, then cover and let the dough rise until doubled, about 3 hours.
Shape the dough ball
Transfer dough to floured parchment paper, shape into a ball, cover, and rest for 30 minutes.
Shape the pizza base
Gently flatten the center of the dough, leaving the edges thicker.
Add toppings
Spread pizza sauce, add fresh basil leaves, then top with mozzarella cubes.
Bake the pizza
Bake on the middle rack at the highest temperature using bottom heat only for about 9 minutes.
Original recipe
Storage
Store baked pizza in an airtight container. Reheat in oven to restore crispiness.
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