August 23, 2004
Dough
Over the last few days, I've been a cooking fool. Over the next few days, I will share the recipes that I've enjoyed. This is a basic dough that I've perfected over the years. It is good for basic flat breads, pizzas, and pitas.
Makes three pizzas
1/3 cup warm water 1 package active dry yeast 1 tablespoon sugar 1 egg 1.5 cups of all purpose flour 2 teaspoons salt pinch of pepper warm water extra flour 1 tablespoon olive oil
Dissolve yeast and sugar in 1/3 cup warm water. Place egg, flour, salt and pepper in a food processor. Pulse a couple of times to mix everything together then, with the processor going, drizzle the yeast solution into the mix. Keep adding water until the dough comes together and is just sticky and coming off the sides of the processor.
Roll the dough out onto a well floured board. Knead for ten minutes, adding flour if needed. Place olive oil in bowl and coat the sides. Place dough in bowl and coat with olive oil. Set aside, covered, in a warm place to rise for at least thirty minutes.
Roll dough back out on to well floured board and knead until oil is well mixed into dough. Shape into a log and, using a bench scraper, cut into three equal pieces (weigh them, probably around 5.3 ounces each). You can use the dough immediately or you can coat the inside of a plastic sandwich bag with a touch of olive oil and place each ball of dough into its own pouch and toss in the fridge for up to a week. If you do that, let the dough come to room temperature before using it.
Posted by Samer at August 23, 2004 09:17 PM
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