A Simple & Easy Recipe for a Homemade Pizza Dough

Usually, people prefer ready-made pizza dough that they shop from various pizza shops in Pakistan. However, instead of shopping a pizza dough, it is better to prepare homemade pizza dough. The Italian pizza dough is very easy to make and is one of the most searched recipes on the internet. So here is a guide that will tell you how to prepare pizza dough at home. 

This easy pizza dough recipe goes with yeast, but you can perfectly find some recipes for pizza dough without yeast where it will come out crunchier as the pizza dough, including yeast, is a little fluffier. If the dough does not carry yeast, then you can easily make a thin-crust pizza. As even the famous pizza in Pakistan dough is prepared fresh instead of using ready-made dough. 

Ingredients for making a homemade pizza Dough

• Wheat Flour - 400 grams
• Warm Water - 200 ml 
• Olive Oil - 2 tablespoons
• Fresh yeast - 15 grams 
• Salt - 1 pinch
• Countertop flour (so the dough never sticks)

Recipe for Making a Homemade Pizza Dough

1. To make the Italian pizza dough, in a bowl, add the Oil, Water and yeast. 

2. Mix and then add the flour and the pinch of salt. Once you have more or less mixed everything in the bowl, begin to knead well. 

3. Sprinkle a little flour on the countertop, and we will have to knead the dough for about 3 or 4 minutes without stopping. Finish the kneading when the dough is completely smooth; if it sticks a lot, put in a little flour and continue until it is smooth. 

4. Now, once ready, let it rest for 1 hour or so. 

5. Once rested, we split it in two, and your dough, which is the No 1. pizza in Pakistan, is ready. 

6. Knead and stretch it, put the ingredients and bake it. Ready!

Tips for kneading the Pizza Dough

To get the right kneading, here are some of the tips for you to have perfect pizza dough. Kneading well is important to get the best out of this mixture of ingredients. The more you knead it well, the more you are going to have the perfect dough that never sticks to your hands. 

• You should hold the edge of the dough closest to you with one hand and, with the other hand, stretch the dough. Stretch it as far as you can, as this will help you knead the dough well. 
• The next step will be to fold the dough on itself and roll it up to make a ball.
• Further, turn it over and repeat again on the opposite edge. Repeat all the steps as many times as necessary till you see the dough is soft, smooth, fluffy and never sticks to fingers. 

So, which pizza is best in Pakistan? Indeed the pizza which is made at home. So I will always say that add to your cooking skill and prepare the pizza dough at home with this simple and easy recipe.