A few years ago, one of our Italian friends gave us an Italian pizza dough recipe. Since then, pizza rules in our house on the weekends. It has never happened that someone knocked on our door and delivered pizza. We mix, knead, roll, add all kinds of goodies and bake it ourselves. Authentic italian pizza dough recipe is always the best. It’s going to blow you away, it’s so simple. Italian pizza dough can be made the same day or left overnight in the fridge. Perfect either way. Trust me it is the best pizza dough recipe. Any topping goes!
You can make small breads for soup from this dough, like pizza or flatbread, just add garlic, herbs and cheese. It turns out great.
Italian pizza dough recipe is made of six simple ingredients: flour, water, olive oil, yeast sugar and salt.
Our friend Antonio made pizza for us. He is Italian. We watched the whole process. It was fun and so tasty. I think pizza and pasta are in their blood. Now as we’ve got the recipe we make homemade pizzas. Our children enjoy the whole cooking process. Of course, after that I need to clean the flour. It is everywhere and the whole house is white. It’s part of the fun, though. Cooking authentic Italian pizza has become a lovely tradition in our family.
The secret to making good pizza dough is that it needs 3 hours to rise, says Antonio. We make the dough on Saturday mornings. All hungry, we turn our kitchen into the best pizzeria in town. If you are like us, it could mean any day. Children bake pizzas. They love making delicious stuff. At the end, everyone gathers around the table to enjoy delicious pizza.
This Authentic Italian pizza dough recipe is essential for making pizzas of all flavors and shapes at home. You can make homemade round pizza, classic rectangular pizza, cornicione or crispy, thin Roman pizza.
Italian pizzas are covered all over with raw tomato sauce. This sauce is made from peeled fresh tomatoes blended with olive oil, salt, fresh basil, oregano, rosemary and thyme.
I learned that organic spelt flour is ideal especially when making a thin Neopolitan crust. You don’t need fancy flour. Use all purpose flour. It turns out perfect.
When the pizza dough is ready, form the crust and place it in a baking pan. Leave it to hang out at room temperature for a couple of hours so that the dough gets warm and rises a bit. Waiting at least 3 hours is worth it. During this time prepare the toppings. You can place it in an olive oil-greased bowl and leave it to rise overnight (24 h) in the fridge. I tried this, but I didn’t like it. The crust taste was too intense, overly fermented. Then, you still have to leave it to rise the second time after forming the crust as you ruin the texture when forming the crust. I prefer fresh pizza dough. It’s up to you. If you want to, you can make pizza dough the day before.
Italian pizza is baked in a wood-fired oven that can reach temperatures of over 550°C/1022F and takes just a few minutes to cook. As a result, the crust becomes crispy on the outside and moist, soft on the inside. These are the characteristics of the perfect Italian pizza.
If you have a pizza stone just remember to heat it up in your oven or it will crack. Give it plenty of time to warm up, even an hour or more if you aren’t in a rush.
If you don’t have wood-fired oven nor pizza stone bake in a preheated oven (220C/428F) on the middle rack for about 15 minutes. It’s best to add all toppings, let it cook and then add cheese and bake until melted.
I’m about to tell you how to make pizza dough recipe Italian style. It is easy to make it by hand or with a stand mixer. Ready? Let’s start with the ingredients.
Makes 4 servings x 11 in (30 cm) pizzas
Preparation 30 – 45 min
Cooking 15 min
Rising 3-4 h
Add the warm (30°C/90F) water, sugar and yeast to a medium bowl. Let it hang out for like 6 minutes. Then give it a quick stir. Add olive oil.
Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Pour the yeast mixture into the flour bowl. Next, mix everything with a fork until it starts to come together. Get the dough out of the bowl and knead it until it’s smooth and elastic. It takes approximately 6 minutes. If the dough is too sticky add some flour. Press down. If it bounces back it is perfect.
Form 4 x 12′ dough balls. For each dough ball I use a different baking pan. Lay out baking paper on a baking pan, sprinkle flour. (If you want you can leave this dough in the refrigerator for 1 day. Just place the dough in an olive oil-greased bowl. The bowl must be large since the dough will rise and it must be covered in order to prevent the dough from drying.)
Sprinkle flour on your counter. To form the crust, lightly flour the top of the dough ball and press it down with your fingers. Stretch a little bit. Roll out the pizza dough using a rolling pin. Do your best to shape the pizza dough into a 12-inch circle. I like to start it on my counter and finish it up right on the baking pan. Once you get it to a good size leave it to stand at room temperature for a couple of hours so that the dough gets warm and rises a bit. Trust me, waiting at least 3 hours is definitely worth it. During this time prepare the toppings.
When the dough has doubled, brush the crust surface with just a little bit of olive oil, before adding any toppings. This prevents the crust from tasting soggy. Next, after you add the ingredients, bake in a preheated oven (220C/428F) on the middle rack for about 15 minutes. Let it cook, then add cheese and bake few minutes until melted.
If you use a pizza stone, you should preheat it in your oven for at least 45 minutes. Bake in a 525F degree oven for 6 minutes or until they are golden brown around the edges. Have fun!
Choose your favourites.
There are so many topping variations to make real Italian pizza. Use what you like. I’ve used all of these above and have no favorites. Every time we bake different combinations. All of them turn out great. The classic authentic Italian pizza toppings would be tomato sauce, oregano or basil, salt, garlic, olive oil and mozzarella. Although you can layer your dough with whatever you desire.
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Add the warm (30°C/90F) water, sugar and yeast to a medium bowl. Let it hang out for like 6 minutes. Then give it a quick stir. Add olive oil. Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Pour the yeast mixture into the flour bowl. Next, mix everything with a fork until it starts to come together. Get the dough out of the bowl and knead it until it's smooth and elastic. It takes approximately 6 minutes. If the dough is too sticky add some flour. Press down. If it bounces back it is perfect. Form 4 x 12' dough balls. For each dough ball I use a different baking pan. Lay out baking paper on a baking pan, sprinkle flour. (If you want you can leave this dough in the refrigerator for 1 day. Just place the dough in an olive oil-greased bowl. The bowl must be large since the dough will rise and it must be covered in order to prevent the dough from drying.) Sprinkle flour on your counter. To form the crust, lightly flour the top of the dough ball and press it down with your fingers. Stretch a little bit. Roll out the pizza dough using a rolling pin. Do your best to shape the pizza dough into a 12-inch circle. I like to start it on my counter and finish it up right on the baking pan. Once you get it to a good size leave it to stand at room temperature for a couple of hours so that the dough gets warm and rises a bit. Trust me, waiting at least 3 hours is definitely worth it. During this time prepare the toppings. When the dough has doubled, brush the crust surface with just a little bit of olive oil, before adding any toppings. This prevents the crust from tasting soggy. Next, after you add the ingredients, bake in a preheated oven (220C/428F) on the middle rack for about 15 minutes. Let it cook, then add cheese and bake few minutes until melted. If you use a pizza stone, you should preheat it in your oven for at least 45 minutes. Bake in a 525F degree oven for 6 minutes or until they are golden brown around the edges. Have fun!Ingredients
Instructions
Step 1 Activate the yeast
Step 2 Knead the dough
Step 3 Form four equal balls
Step 4 Shape the dough and leave it for leavening
Step 5 Add the ingredients and bake
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