Authentic Pizza Dough

Name: Authentic Pizza Dough
Ingredients: 1/2 tablespoon dry active yeast; 1 1/2 cups water; 1 tablespoon honey or sugar; 4 cups flour preferable Tipo 00 flour; 2 tablespoons salt; 2 tablespoons olive oil

6 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

1/2 tablespoon dry active yeast
1 1/2 cups water
1 tablespoon honey or sugar
4 cups flour preferable Tipo 00 flour
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

1

Activate the dry yeast in the luke warm water by adding honey (or sugar). When it start to bubble, the yeast is ready for the rest of the ingredients.
2

Add the rest of the ingredients and knead the dough well - preferably for 10-15 minutes!
3

Let the dough rise, covered, for at least 1.5 hour, or until double size. Punch it down and push out the air.
4

Form 3-5 dough balls, by wrapping the outer layer around the outer side until you have a silky smooth skin on the ball.
5

Dust a baking tray with flour and place the balls.
6

Cover with plastic wrap to prevent the dough from drying out.
7

If you are planning on using the dough later (more than an hour) - refrigerate.
8

NOTE The trick is to use a Pizza Stone and place it on your Weber Grill. Heat up the grill to minimum 400 degree Fahrenheit. Use a Pizza Peel to lift you pizza to/from the stone. Bake the pizza (under the lid) for about 8 minutes.