Homemade Italian Pizza Dough

A typical Italian pizza dough consists of 4 simple ingredients namely flour, water, salt and very little yeast, also as with many other yeast doughs uncommon a longer rest period.

In today’s post I will show you how to make a real Italian Pizza Dough at home. Have fun baking!




Homemade: Homemade Italian Pizza Dough
Difficulty: Medium
Preparation Time: 24 hours
Our Recipe rating:
5von5

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough
Homemade Italian Pizza Dough
Homemade Italian Pizza Dough
Homemade Italian Pizza Dough

Ingredients for 4 pizzas:

  • 500 grams of flour
  • 300 milliliters of lukewarm water
  • 15 grams of salt
  • 2 grams of yeast
  • Flour & durum wheat semolina for the countertop

Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:

  • Mixing bowl
  • Spoon
  • Kitchen towel
  • Tupper bowl or baking dish
  • Cling film

Instructions for the Homemade Italian Pizza Dough:




Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 1Give 300 milliliters water…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 2…along with 15 grams of salt…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 3…& 2 grams of yeast into a mixing bowl.

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 4Stir everything with your fingers until yeast and salt have dissolved…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 5…then gradually add 400 grams of flour…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 6…and stir together with a spoon…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 7…until the dough loosen from the bowl wall as a dumpling.

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 8Now add the remaining 100 grams of flour…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 9…and knead using your hands for about 5 minutes…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 10…until all dough residues (of the bowl wall and bottom) are well incorporated…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 11…& the dough is slightly sticky.

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 12Flour the countertop with about 10 grams of flour…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 13…& knead the dough on the floured surface pulling from the outside inwards another 5 – 6 minutes…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 14…until a smooth dough.

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 15Form a dough ball and let rest on a floured countertop covered with a damp kitchen towel for about 2 hours.

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 16Then cut the dough with a knife in 4 approximately equal pieces…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 17…and form 4 dough ball on a slightly floured countertop.

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 18Place the dough balls with a little distance from each other in a lightly floured Tupper bowl or casserole…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 19…cover with cling film and store over night in the fridge.

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 20Sprinkle the countertop with a little durum wheat semolina & flatten the dough ball a bit with your hands…

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 21…then stretch the dough with circular movements under your palms to a flat pizza base.

Homemade Italian Pizza Dough - Step 22Then garnish the pizza base with ingredients of your choice!

I wish you lots of fun cooking/baking 😉

Video Tutorial:

Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):

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