Both adults and children love pizza. The first thing that attracts and serves as a criterion for choosing a specific version of this baking is the filling. But do not forget that the dough plays an important role in the taste of the finished baking, as hardly anyone wants to return to the pizzeria, in which even the most successful combination of the filling ingredients is on a tasteless basis.
The largest army of supporters gathered precisely pizza on a thin basis, which, as it turns out, can be easily prepared in our own kitchen. The result will be delicious real pizza, as in your favorite pizza restaurant and even without the use of yeast. You just need to choose a recipe for the soul and create.
Italian recipe
As each of our hostesses prepares borsch in its own way and believes that it is her recipe that is the most, which may be correct, so every Italian hostess has her own recipe for thin pizza dough.
Basically, they differ from each other in proportions, and the main ingredients that are included in the composition remain unchanged: flour, water, yeast, sugar and olive oil.
Ready-made pizza on this dough is made with a thin and slightly crispy base.
For the classic Italian dough, you need to take:
- 200 ml of warm drinking water;
- 7 g dry yeast;
- 15 grams of sugar;
- 3 g of salt;
- 20 ml of olive oil;
- 260 g of wheat flour.
The time of kneading and rasstanivanie dough will be 1.5-2 hours.
The caloric content of this pizza base will be equal to 211.5 kcal / 100 g.
Instructions for kneading dough:
- In warm water, dissolve sugar, salt and yeast;
- Sift the flour on the surface of the table, make a funnel or cavity in it, pour water with yeast into it and start kneading the dough, pouring the flour from the edges into the center;
- At the end of kneading add olive oil. Knead the dough for about 10 minutes;
- Then let the dough stand for 60-90 minutes, after which the risen dough is ready for further use. Such a dough, if necessary, can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days. The hostesses say that the pizza, which is infused in the cold, makes it even tastier.
Thin yeast dough for pizza as in a pizzeria
Pizzerias most often use yeast dough, which is close to the Italian recipe, so that the finished pizza is a thin moderately crispy cake stuffed on top. Of course, the scale of baking in a pizzeria does not compare with home cooking, so for home cooking you need to take products in smaller proportions.
For one pizza with a diameter of 22-24 cm you will need:
- 80 ml of drinking purified water;
- 12 g dry yeast;
- 30 grams of sugar;
- 5 g of salt;
- 20 ml of olive oil;
- 200 g of flour.
It will take 1 hour and 20 minutes to prepare the basis for the future pizza according to this recipe.
The calorie content of the finished flatbread from this dough will be 255.4 kcal / 100 g.
Kneading method:
- Although the recipe is similar to the previous one, the mixing process will be completely different. The lion's share of kneading will be carried out with the help of kitchen equipment - a mixer. Therefore, in a vessel in which it will be convenient to work as a mixer, sift flour;
- To sifted flour pour dry yeast, sugar, salt and pour olive oil. Now you need to turn on the mixer at low speed and mix the products;
- After that, pour out warm water and work again with a mixer until a more homogeneous mass is formed. Then continue kneading by hand. At this stage will have to spend at least 7-10 minutes;
- Knead the dough into a bun, which is put in a bowl or pan, taking into account the fact that the ball will increase in volume twice, and send in heat. After 50-60 minutes, you can start the baking process.
Yeast-Free Pizza Dough Recipe
Housewife pizza dough is cooked not only with yeast. There are many recipes where they are not used, but mineral water, milk, whey, ghee, kefir, sour cream, mayonnaise and even beer are used. Often in such recipes instead of yeast baking powder or soda, which will give the necessary fluffiness, can appear.
So, for dough without yeast and eggs on kefir, you need to take:
- 100 ml of low-fat kefir;
- 80 ml of olive oil;
- 60 g of sugar;
- 5 g of salt;
- 7 g baking powder (or soda);
- 210 g of flour.
The time from the beginning of kneading to the formation of the pizza will be approximately equal to 45 minutes.
The caloric value of this option basis for future baking - 365.1 kcal / 100 g
Algorithm of actions:
- Pour soda or baking powder into warm kefir, mix and set aside for a while (about 10 minutes);
- Then add sugar, salt, olive or other vegetable oil, mix everything thoroughly until all the grains of sugar and salt are completely dissolved;
- Now you can begin to interfere flour. It should be added in small portions until the dough begins to fall well behind the hands;
- Soft and sufficiently elastic mass should be thoroughly mixed, wrapped with cling film or hidden in a plastic bag and left for half an hour in the refrigerator. Lodged in the cold dough, ready to go into the oven.
The recipe for delicious thin pizza dough on sour cream
Without detracting from the dignity of recipes on yeast, it is worth noting that this recipe is not inferior in its taste to the base, mixed with the use of yeast.
For yeast-free version on sour cream you need to take the ingredients in the following proportions:
- 200 ml of sour cream (20% fat);
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 60 g of melted butter;
- 30 grams of sugar;
- 3-5 g of salt;
- 260 g of flour.
The preparation of such a basis for the future open pie will be 55 minutes.
The caloric content of a hundred gram piece of such a base will be equal to 290.4 kilocalories.
Working process:
- In a bowl that will fit all the ingredients and it will be easy to knead, sift flour, put sour cream, beat eggs, pour in melted butter and add salt and sugar;
- All ingredients are mixed, for this purpose you can use a mixer or food processor;
- Knead the resulting mass well, form a bun out of it and, wrapping it with a film, leave to lie in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes before further use.
How to cook puff pastry thin pizza dough
For baking pizza, you can use yeast and fresh puff pastry. Any of these types can be cooked both in butter and margarine, but in the second case it is better to take a creamy or dairy product that will make ready-made pastries more tender and fragrant.
For a simple fresh version of puff pastry are needed:
- 250 g of cold water;
- 50 g cream margarine;
- 5 g of salt;
- 500 g of flour.
To prepare such a variant of the basis for an open Italian pie is possible in 4-4.5 hours.
Caloric content of the finished product per 100 grams will be 255.0 kcal.
The sequence of culinary processes:
- From salt, ice water and flour knead steep unleavened dough. The mass should be smooth, uniform and without any lumps. Form a ball-ball, wrap it with a napkin or cling film and put in the fridge for 2 hours;
- Put the softened margarine between two sheets of parchment in a thin rectangular layer and also send it to the refrigerator;
- After the specified time, roll the dough into a rectangle, remove the parchment from the margarine and put it on a rectangular layer of dough. Hide the margarine into the dough, fold it in three times with an envelope;
- Then roll out the envelope is very thin, and two more times to repeat the procedure with folding three times. After that, the dough is again placed in the refrigerator for an hour, and only after that you can proceed to the formation of a pizza.
Step-by-step recipe for real Italian pizza on thin dough
There is no recipe toppings for Italian pizza.
For the filling can be used various types of cheeses, mushrooms, olives and olives, seafood, sausages, ham, tomatoes, fresh peppers and other vegetables.
You can use the classic combinations, and you can use your own imagination and create your own unique dish, but do not forget that no Italian pizza can do without sauce. You can either buy it in the store or cook it yourself.
For the filling version, which will comply with the canons of Italian pizza and at the same time will be enjoyed by our eaters, the following products are needed:
- 220 g of tomato sauce;
- 120 grams of tomatoes;
- 100 g salami;
- 100 g of champignons;
- 300 g finely grated mozzarella.
The baking time of pizza on a thin cake will be 10 minutes, another 10-15 minutes will be needed to form a pizza.
The caloric content of 100 g of filling in the finished pizza will be 159.4 kcal.
Cooking:
- From the dough to form a thin cake. In Italian pizzerias, they do it without the help of a rolling pin, but if the hostess seems to have such an impossible task, then you can roll out the dough and roll it;
- Put the cake on a baking sheet, brush with tomato sauce on top, put tomato circles, sausage slices and thin slices of champignons on it, sprinkle everything on top with generously grated cheese;
- Bake the product in the oven, preheated to the highest possible temperature (in many ovens it is 250 degrees). As soon as the cheese starts to roast, the pizza is ready.
Enjoy your meal!
You can also find out how to make thin pizza dough in the following video.
