We enjoy pizza and once you find a dough that works well for you you won't ever go back to pre made pizza dough. It's so simple to make and adding a few extra spices or herbs to the dough makes it extra tasty. This is also great dough to make a flat bread and top it lightly with oil and a few fresh toppings. When hot out of the oven dip in balsamic and a good olive oil.
- 1 tbsp active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 2 1/2 cup white flour, plus a little for kneading if needed
- 1/2 cup semolina flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp dry oregano leaves
- 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1/2 tsp dry Greek seasoning
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
- 3-4 tbsp olive oil
- Place warm water and sugar in a small bowl. Sprinkle with yeast and allow to stand for 8-10 minutes.
- While yeast is proofing, add all other ingredients except olive oil to a large bowl.
- Once yeast has proofed stir down and pour over dry ingredients.
- Add 2 tbsp of the olive oil.
- Using a fork stir until the dough comes together.
- At this point add another tbsp of the olive oil and using your hands knead dough. Add a little more flour if needed to make a soft but not sticky dough. Knead about 5 minutes.
- Lightly grease bowl, place dough ball back into bowl and cover. Let stand out of draft for 35-40 minutes.
- Roll out dough and fit onto pizza pan.
Now you are ready to top the pizza crust with your favourite toppings. There are a lot of great pizza recipes here on our blog and if you have our Celebrations book Lovella and I also have some great topping ideas as well as several other dough recipes to try out.
