How to make homemade pizza dough, easy and delicious

Ingredients for the dough

To make a homemade pizza dough like this (not counting what you put on top of it later), you need:

300 g flour
5 g baker's yeast
100 ml of warm water
30 ml of olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon of sugar

Prepare the dough

To prepare the pizza dough, the first thing you have to do is mix the yeast with the warm water and let it rest for about five minutes. Then, form a volcano with the flour and in the center put the salt, sugar, 30 ml of oil and the water with the diluted yeast.

Knead the dough

Once you have all the ingredients, mix and knead with your hands for about five minutes until you get a homogeneous and elastic mixture. So that it does not hit you, you can flour the work surface.

Cover and let stand

Then, shape it into a ball, put it in a bowl, cover it with a kitchen towel and let it rest in a warm place for approximately 1 hour, until it softens (that is, it increases in volume due to the action of the yeast) and double its volume more or less.

Stretch the dough

After the resting time, remove the pizza dough from the bowl and, with the help of a rolling pin, spread it on a floured surface until it is very fine (the finer the more it will spread and the lighter it will be).

Form a record and DJ

If you want it round, cut a thin disk, place it on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, and poke it with a fork so that it does not swell when baking. And nothing to throw away the dough that you have left over, you can make more discs, cook them for half the time, let them cool and freeze them to have your own homemade pizza bases prepared and solve easy and irresistible lunches or dinners in no time.

Fold the edges

If you don't want the filling to "leak" out, a surefire trick is to slightly bend the edge of the outline with your fingers.

Fill the pizza

Preheat the oven to 220º and cover the dough with what you like best: tomato sauce, ratatouille, tuna, bacon, hard-boiled egg … Here you have several ideas for your homemade pizzas. And if you want to eat pizza without getting fat, keep in mind that the filling is key. Try to use natural ingredients (homemade tomato with little sugar, vegetables, olive oil …) and opt for the least caloric (vegetables, low-fat cheese …).

Bake and serve

Finally, add pieces of mozzarella or sprinkle cheese on top and bake for about 15 minutes. And serve whole cut into triangles or whatever you like. If you are worried about the line or want to lose weight, keep in mind that the recommended serving is the size of your hand with all fingers spread. And discover our 100% guilt-free pizza.