Classic Pizza

INGREDIENTS (4 PEOPLE)

Dough

• 120 ml lukewarm water (±35°C / 95°F) (±½ cup)
• 20 g fresh yeast, or 5 g dry yeast (±0.7 oz)
• 225 g all-purpose flour (±1¾ cups)
• 30 ml olive oil (±2 tbsp)
• 2 ml sugar (±½ tsp)
• 2 ml salt (±½ tsp)

Toppings

• 80 ml pizza sauce (±⅓ cup)
• 125 g sliced or grated mozzarella*(±4.4 oz or 1 cup)
• Toppings of choice (pepperoni, tomato slices, sliced olives, sliced mushrooms, sliced onions, sliced bell peppers, fresh basil, etc.)

Instructions

1. Add egg to a large bowl and whisk. Add all remaining hamburger ingredients and stir until well combined. 

2. In Wonderlie Bowl add water, then stir in yeast until completely dissolved. Add flour, olive oil, sugar and salt, and stir using a spatula. Finish kneading dough by hand until it is smooth and elastic. Make sure it doesn’t stick to the bowl or to your hand.

3. Fill a larger bowl (6L) or your sink halfway with approx. 37°C (99°F) water, seal the 3.5L bowl, place it in water and allow dough to rise for 30 min.

4. Remove oven rack and preheat oven to Th 7-8 / 220°C (425°F) without convection.

5. Knead pizza dough again for approx. 30 sec. and dust it with some flour. Using a rolling pin roll out dough on the baking sheet with rim to a circle of approx. 30 cm., then place the baking sheet on the cold oven rack.

6. Spread pizza sauce on rolled out dough, then top with cheese and your preferred toppings, cut into small pieces.

7. Set rack at lowest level in oven and bake for approx. 20 min.