Source: How to Make Perfect Pizza Dough.
The dough makes balls of about 225 g.
- Hydration
- 64.5 %
- Salt
- 2.6 %
- Total flour
- 845 g
Ingredients
| Amount | Ingredient | Baker's percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 164ml | Waterroom temperature | 19.4 % |
| 164g | Tipo 00 flour | 19.4 % |
| 2.7g | Dry yeast | 0.3 % |
| 2.7g | Honey | 0.3 % |
| Amount | Ingredient | Baker's percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 382ml | Water | 45.2 % |
| 22g | Sea salt | 2.6 % |
| 682g | Tipo 00 flour | 80.6 % |
| Olive oilfor the hands and the bowl |
Method
- Poolish: start 25 hours before you bake. Combine the water, yeast, and honey in a plastic container. Add the flour and mix with a spoon until smooth. Cover and leave for 1 hour at room temperature, then put it in the fridge overnight.
- Dough: put the water in a larger bowl. Add the poolish and mix with a spoon. Add half of the flour and mix. Add the salt and combine. Add the rest of the flour. Mix and knead until smooth. The dough will be sticky.
- Cover the dough and let it rest for 15 minutes.
- Coat your hands in olive oil. Lift the dough and turn it under itself until it forms a big, smooth ball.
- Put a little olive oil in a large bowl. Put the ball in the bowl and let it sit for 1 hour.
- Coat your hands in olive oil again. Work the dough into an oval, then cut it into three equal sections. Shape the sections into balls of about 225 g: fold the edges under each other until you have a perfect ball.
- Flour a proofing box and put the dough balls in it, about 3 fingers apart. Put a little oil on top of each ball, in case it rises and touches the lid.
- Let the balls rest for 2 hours at room temperature.
- After 1 hour, put the baking stone in the oven and turn the oven to its maximum temperature. Let it preheat.
- When the dough is ready, gently coat each side of a ball in flour. Keep the top side up at all times. Press the ball gently from the middle to the outside to form a circle. Turn it over and repeat. Press and pull the dough to about 20 to 25 cm.
- Add the sauce and put the pizza in the oven. Bake until golden, then take it out.
- Add the cheese, the other toppings, and more olive oil. Put the pizza back in the oven and bake until the cheese has melted.