February 05, 2024

Classic Pizza

Ingredients (1 pizza)

Dough

120 ml lukewarm water (±35°C / 95°F) (±½ cup)
20 g fresh yeast, or 5 g dry yeast (±0.7 oz)
225 g all-purpose flour (±1¾ cups)
30 ml olive oil (±2 tbsp)
2 ml sugar (±½ tsp)
2 ml salt (±½ tsp)

 

Toppings

80 ml pizza sauce (±⅓ cup)
125 g sliced or grated mozzarella*(±4.4 oz or 1 cup)
Toppings of choice (pepperoni, tomato slices, sliced olives, sliced mushrooms, sliced onions, sliced bell peppers, fresh basil, etc.)

 

Instructions

  • In Ultimate Mixing Bowl (3.5L), add water, then stir in yeast until completely dissolved. Add flour, olive oil, sugar and salt, and stir using a silicone spatula. Finish kneading dough by hand until it is smooth and elastic. Make sure it doesn’t stick to the bowl or to your hand.
  • Fill a larger bowl (6L) or your sink halfway with approx. 37°C (99°F) water, seal the 3.5L bowl, place it in water and allow dough to rise for 30 min.
  • Remove oven rack and preheat oven to Th 7-8 / 220°C (425°F) without convection.
  • Knead pizza dough again for approx. 30 sec. and dust it with some flour. Using a rolling pin, roll out dough on the Silicone Baking Sheet with Rim to a circle of approx. 30 cm., then place the Silicone Baking Sheet on the cold oven rack.
  • Spread pizza sauce on rolled out dough, then top with cheese and your preferred toppings, cut into small pieces.
  • Set rack at lowest level in oven and bake for approx. 20 min.