Pizza dough - 10 delicious recipes

Pizza is a dish that is equally loved by both adults and children. The filling for it can be prepared from almost any leftover food in the refrigerator - a piece of cheese, a couple of slices of sausage, sausages, tomatoes, pickles, olives, onions, etc. But the pizza dough is kneaded strictly according to the chosen recipe. The taste of the finished treat primarily depends on it.

Classic pizza dough - step by step recipe

The huge number of pizzerias in every city suggests how popular the dish is, but not every housewife knows how to approach the dough for such baking. In fact, it is prepared quite simply from the following products: 480 g flour, 1 tsp. salt, 310 ml of clean drinking water, 2 tsp. quick yeast, 3-4 tbsp. olive oil.

1. Dry yeast is poured into the flour, water and oil are added. It is advisable that the products are not cold.
2. From these ingredients, a soft dough is kneaded, covered with film and placed in a warm place for 40-50 minutes.
3. Next, you can begin to form the base of the dish.

From the specified number of components you will get three bases with a diameter of about 33 cm.

Cooking without adding yeast

Even if the cook doesn’t have yeast on hand, this won’t stop him from delighting his family with a juicy, aromatic pizza. Other ingredients will be used: 420 g of flour, a pinch of fine salt, 45 g of creamy margarine, 110 ml of ice water, a pinch of sugar.

1. First, the flour is sifted onto the table in the form of a low slide.
2. A depression is made in its center into which salty cold water is poured. The ingredients are carefully mixed with a knife. The result should be a homogeneous steep mass.
3. After 1.5 hours of rest under a towel in the cold, the dough is removed, rolled out and pieces of margarine are placed in the middle.
4. The mass is pinched together like an envelope, sprinkled with flour and rolled out thinly (seam side down).
5. After folding the dough three times, it is rolled out well again with a rolling pin.
6. The folding and rolling procedure is repeated again.
7. After another 1 hour in the cold, the mass is ready for making pizza.

This yeast-free pizza dough will allow you to prepare a thin, crispy treat with any topping.

On kefir

The simplest dough is prepared very quickly. This is facilitated by the joint work of yeast and lactic acid bacteria from kefir. In addition to the dairy product (130 ml), take: ½ small spoon of quick yeast, a pinch of salt, 200-220 g of flour, 6-7 g of granulated sugar.

1. Kefir is slightly heated, all the dry ingredients are poured into it (only 1/3 of the flour).
2. After thoroughly mixing with a whisk, the mass should stand until obvious bubbles appear on its surface.
3. Next, you can add the remaining flour and start kneading the kefir pizza dough.
4. As a result, it should easily lag behind your fingers.

The dough rises well, so to make a thin pizza, you need to roll it out as carefully as possible.

Yeast dough for pizza

This dough will infuse for at least 1.5-2 hours, so you need to knead it in advance. To do this, you should prepare the following products: 520 g of wheat flour, 2 tbsp. salt, 320 ml drinking water, ½ tbsp. quick yeast, 1 tsp. granulated sugar.

1. Approximately 90 ml is poured from the heated water, in which the yeast and sugar are dissolved. The dough will rise under cling film for several minutes. When the mixture bubbles, you can continue working with it.
2. The flour is sifted a couple of times, salted and poured into the yeast mixture.
3. After thorough kneading, you should get an elastic dough that easily comes off your fingers. If necessary, you can add more flour or liquid.
4. In a warm place, the mass is infused for at least 1.5 hours. After kneading, you can turn it into a pizza base.

You can store this yeast dough in the freezer for a long time.

Lenten option on water

The main secret of the mass under discussion lies in its thorough long-term mixing. You'll have to do a lot of manual work. The recipe uses: 120 ml of boiled chilled water, 1.5 tbsp. flour, 4-5 tbsp. olive oil, salt.

1. It is very important to thoroughly sift the flour into a wide bowl. It is advisable to do this a couple of times.
2. Add a pinch of salt to the sifted flour, ground black pepper if desired, as well as water and oil.
3. First, the mass is kneaded with a spoon, then it is laid out on the table and thoroughly kneaded with your hands. This should be done for at least 10-12 minutes.
4. The resulting dough is rolled into a “bun”, wrapped in cling film and refrigerated for 45-55 minutes.

To prepare the pizza, the mass is rolled out to a thickness of approximately 5-7 mm, brushed with the chosen sauce and sprinkled with toppings.

Thin dough for Italian pizza

This kind of dough is especially popular among chefs. After all, it allows you to prepare a treat like in the most famous pizzerias in Italy. The recipe includes: about 4 tbsp. white flour, 2.5 small spoons of quick yeast, 1.5 tbsp. drinking water, a pinch of granulated sugar, 1.5 tbsp. quality olive oil, a pinch of fine salt.

1. At the first stage, the water is heated, sugar and yeast are dissolved in it. Next, you need to let the components wake up and start working. This will take 5-7 minutes.
2. While the dough is being prepared, olive oil, salt, and sifted flour are mixed in a separate bowl. Already at this stage you can add a pinch of oregano.
3. Both masses are combined and mixed.
4. The result will be a thick, non-sticky dough, which, after greasing with olive oil under cling film, will infuse for about 1.5 hours next to a heat source.

The filling and sauce are laid out on the rolled out thin dough, and the treat is baked in the oven until cooked.

How to cook with milk?

With a milk base, pizza always turns out very filling. It’s great if you can take a homemade product. But store-bought milk is fine (1 glass). In addition to this, the following will be used: raw egg, 1/3 tsp. baking soda, 12-14 tbsp. wheat flour, 1 small spoon of salt.

1. Beat the egg well with salt. A stable foam should appear on the surface of the mass. You can use a mixer or a special blender attachment for this.
2. Next, milk at room temperature and baking soda are added to the mixture. There is no need to extinguish the latter.
3. After thoroughly kneading, the dough will need to rest for a while. 12-15 minutes is enough.
4. At this time, you can prepare the filling, for example, chop tomatoes and pickled cucumbers, fry champignons with onions, cut smoked sausages, grate cheese.
5. The baking dish is greased with any oil or fat, the dough is poured into it, and the selected additives are laid out on top.
6. The food will be baked for only 15-20 minutes in a hot oven (at 200-220 degrees).

Before adding the filling, you should grease the resulting quick pizza dough with ketchup with Provençal herbs or any other favorite sauce.

Fluffy pizza dough

A fluffy version of the dough allows you to prepare the so-called “American” pizza. It turns out thick, satisfying and appetizing. Absolutely any filling will suit this dish. And for the test you need to prepare: 320 ml of clean drinking water, 1 tsp. sugar, 440 g of premium white wheat flour, 2 small spoons of quick yeast, a pinch of salt and the same amount of corn starch, 30 ml of olive oil. How to make pizza dough fluffy is described in detail below.

1. It is best to use available kitchen equipment during the kneading process. For example, a mixer, food processor or blender with a special attachment. This will make the housewife's work much easier.
2. Warm (but not hot!) drinking water is sweetened and combined with yeast. The resulting mixture is left for several minutes.
3. In a deep bowl, mix olive oil, salt and all the flour (pre-sifted).
4. The two masses are combined and mixed well. Depending on the quality of the flour, you may need a little more of this ingredient. The main thing is that the dough comes out elastic and quite soft.
5. The mass should lie in a warm place for about 2 hours until it significantly increases in size.

Crispy and tasty recipe with dry yeast

This is another Italian recipe. Most likely, immediately after the first test it will go straight to the hostess’s cookbook. The recipe includes: 460 g 1st grade flour, 12 g salt, 4 g quick yeast, 40 ml extra virgin olive oil, 1 tsp. granulated sugar, 330 ml of warm drinking water.

1. The ideal temperature for the liquid used is 30-40 degrees. In hotter liquids, yeast often dies. Salt and olive oil are mixed in water.
2. The flour is sifted into a wide bowl, combined with quick yeast and granulated sugar. After thorough mixing, the dry ingredients are laid out in a mound, into the center of which heated water with oil and salt is poured.
3. Mix the two types of components by hand until smooth. In a container generously dusted with flour, the dough is covered with film and placed in a warm place to proof. To do this, you can send it to an unheated oven with the light on.
4. When the mass has approximately doubled, it’s time to roll out the pizza dough.

It is important not to forget to make low sides on the base so that the sauce and filling do not leak out.

Puff pastry dough

Pizza made from puff pastry is especially tasty - crispy, thin, tender. And it is prepared very simply, using the following ingredients: raw egg, 2 tbsp. white flour, 1/3 tsp. salt, half a standard stick of butter, 1 tbsp. granulated sugar, 1.5 tbsp. cow's milk, 25 g fresh yeast.