The best flour to use for Pizza Dough is "plain flour" with a high Glutan (or protein level) percentage.
The best pizza flour is one with a protein level of 12%.
The high gluten level in the flour gives the dough a good elasticity and robustness. It will hold its shape and will rise better.
My second theory, is in the kneading of your dough. You need to spend a good 8 minutes kneading. Lots of muscle and sweat.
Pizza Dough Ingredients
(this will make up to 4 or 5 Pizza's, 10" - 12")
In a jug or large cup
- 1/2 Cup of luke warm water
- 2 Tea Spoons Dry Active Yeast
- 1 Tea Spoon of Sugar (Optional)
In a seperate bowl.
- 680 - 700g of Plain flour. (I would use just standard Plain Flour)
- 2 Tea spoons of Salt
- 1 1/4 Cup of water
- 1 Teaspoon of Olive Oil
Continue mixing by hand until all the dough is together.
Dust some Plain flour on a bench.
Remove from mixing bowl, and start your 8 minutes of hard kneading. (this is when your singing voice comes in handy)
Once your 8 minute workout is complete (the dough should be smooth, and shaped like a soccer ball). Put it back into the mixing bowl (no need to clean the bowl, just rub some olive oil around the perimeter of the bowl), cover the bowl with a tea towel, and let it sit for 2 - 3 hours to rise.
Once risen.
Remove from bowl and cut into 3-4 equal pieces. (weighing around 200gram each)
Knead each peice into a round ball and let it sit for anoth 1-2 hours. (place them into a air tight container) or cover with a tea towel)
You should get 4 or 5 x 10" pizzas. (each pizza dough shouuld weigh around 160 - 200grams).
I have attached a link to a link to Susans cooking school which Ive picked up the technique from. http://www.susanscookingschool.com/pizzadough.html
or my favourite site "Forno Bravo - Pizza Quest"
Forno Bravo classic pizza dough link
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