Ingredients
Method
Making dough
- Using 'active dry yeast' you'll need to put the yeast in the warm water for 3-5 minutes to activate it (you don't need to do that for instant yeast, you can skip to step 2).
- Add warm milk, oil, and sugar to the water/yeast mixture, and put in mixer.
- Using the dough hook, start with adding 2 cups of the flour slowly and let mix for 5 minutes before adding the salt. Add another 1/2 cup at 8 minutes and wait for it to mix~10 minutes to determine if you need the last 1/2-1/4 cup (if it adheres in a soft ball, you might not need all that flour).
- Use a soft scraper to remove the dough from the mixing bowl and put it out onto a hard surface and kneed for a minute or so and shape into a ball.
- Put 1 tablespoon of oil in a large bowl and roll the ball of dough around to cover it and then cover with plastic wrap and let it rise until it doubles (~1-2 hours depending on how warm your kitchen is).
Prepping dough
- Remove the risen dough and pull it out onto a hard surface (I have a marble slab). Cut it in half and then each half in half and then each of those halves in half to make 8 equal pieces.
- Roll each piece into a small ball and cover and let sit for about 15 minutes (I covered it with the plastic wrap to it wouldn't form a hard shell). This relaxes the dough so that it
- Preheat a griddle and roll the balls out to 1/8th inch (~8 inches diameter). When the griddle is hot (not too hot) cook each one ~2-3 minutes on each side. If the griddle is too hot, the dough will get hard or burn, you want them soft and flexible.
- After cooking, stack them and cover with a clean cloth and either use them immediately or bring to room temperature and freeze them for use.
Toppings and bake
- Preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Prepare the toppings and set up each pizza and bake each for ~5-7 minutes or until top is brown.
- 'White' pizza: 2 cloves finely minced and 4 tablespoons of oil, oregano, fresh thyme leaves and mozzarella cheese. Put all the toppings on and bake at 500 degrees for 5-7 minutes until brown on top.
- Other toppings: you can fry strips of green bell peppers in olive oil for a topping, or you can fry mushrooms, or onions. Add them separately or in combination. Any way you'd make a pizza, it is done in 5-7 minutes on high heat in an oven on a pizza stone.