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Pizza dough

Name: Pizza dough
Prep time: 12 h 56 min
Total time: 12 h 56 min
Yield: 850 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 300 ml water; 20 g olive oil; 500 g plain white flour (French Type 65); 10 g yeast; 10 g salt; 5 g caster sugar; 200 g leaven

Pizza dough is a lind of bread dough with olive oil, which make it softer.

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Duration

12 hours 60 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: July 14^th 2025

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For 850 g, you will need:

1 300 ml water
2 20 g olive oil
3 500 g plain white flour (French Type 65)
4 10 g yeast
5 10 g salt
6 5 g caster sugar
7 200 g leaven (optional)
Total weight: 845 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

40 min.

Resting

12 hours 20 min.

All in all

12 hours 60 min.

Preparation 40 min.

Resting 12 hours 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

In a mixer bowl pour 300 ml water, 20 g olive oil, 500 g plain white flour (French Type 65), 10 g yeast, 10 g salt, 5 g caster sugar then possibly 200 g leaven.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.

Knead at medium speed for 5 to 10 minutes.

The dough becomes elastic and a slightly sticky...

Stage 3

...and eventually peels off the sides of the mixer.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

Flour the work surface, pour in the dough and gather it into a large ball.

Then place it in a bowl or basin, flour the top and cover with plastic sheeting.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 12 hours

Leave to rest in the fridge overnight, the dough will swell gently and the aromas will form.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.

At the end of this time, cut dough into small lumps (100 g approximately for small pizzas, 200 g or more for big ones).

Stage 7 - ⌛ 15 min.

Roll into balls.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 20 min.

Cover with a plastic sheet, and leave to rise again before using.

Stage 9

When ready to make pizzas, roll each ball of dough out thinly.

Remarks

To top this dough, see our tomato sauce for pizza, and also these tips for a successful pizza party.

You can try out some amazingly colorful pizza doughs by adding a little paprika or turmeric to the ingredients.

Keeping: Use the next day at the latest.

Source: Gireg himself, he taught me everything about pizza dough.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	9 g RDI=15 %	76 g RDI=29 %	3 g RDI=5 %	277 kcal RDI=14 %	1,160 kJ RDI=14 %
Whole recipe	81 g RDI=126 %	649 g RDI=245 %	31 g RDI=44 %	2,342 kcal RDI=117 %	9,805 kJ RDI=117 %