Pizza Dough Recipes , Tips and Quick Questions

scaredy_cat

i make a scone base for my pizzas.

boredjellybean

thanks all for your replies - wish I'd stayed on here & read them instead of popping to the local farm shop to get flour ont very OS at all but we needed several bits for breakfast & lunch tomorrow etc, on a plus note I got all the ingredients to make ice cream too :rotfl:

Indypop

I want to make a fresh proper bread dough pizza for dinner tonight.
I have a recipe but I am wondering how far in advance I can make it? I dont want to end up with a loaf of bread but neither do I want to have to wait until dinner time to make the dough.
Can it be made a few hours in advance and put in the fridge?

ash28

Indypop wrote: »

I want to make a fresh proper bread dough pizza for dinner tonight.
I have a recipe but I am wondering how far in advance I can make it? I dont want to end up with a loaf of bread but neither do I want to have to wait until dinner time to make the dough.
Can it be made a few hours in advance and put in the fridge?

Yes - I make the dough leave it to rise then knock it back, put it in a bowl, cover it with cling film and put it in the fridge until I'm ready.

When I'm about ready I take it out of the fridge, you'll probably find it's risen again - depending on how long it's been in the fridge, but that doesn't matter - roll it then leave it for 15 - 20 mins before putting it in the oven.

You can also freeze it, I freeze any left over dough.

Ben84

This is by far my favourite pizza dough recipe so far:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4683/pizza-margherita-in-4-easy-steps

It's easy and turns out well. It usable instantly, but I find letting it rest a while makes it a bit better. I also add quite a bit more olive oil than they suggest, about 3-4 tbsp.

zippychick

how did the pizza go? i merged this with our pizza dough thread

Please check the pizza collection - it took me hours!!!!! Heaps of links.

Zip

Tiptop

I'm wanting to make the hairy dieters pies which are made with pizza dough instead of pastry. I know the filling will be ok to freeze (it's just mince and onion) but I was wondering if the pizza dough case would freeze ok. The recipe makes 6 pies so I'd like to batch cook them and freeze some. Just wondered if anyone had done this

suki1964

Tiptop wrote: »

I'm wanting to make the hairy dieters pies which are made with pizza dough instead of pastry. I know the filling will be ok to freeze (it's just mince and onion) but I was wondering if the pizza dough case would freeze ok. The recipe makes 6 pies so I'd like to batch cook them and freeze some. Just wondered if anyone had done this

I freeze my pizza dough all the time. I make it, let it rise the once, knock it back, portion it and double wrap tightly in film to freeze

Never had a problem with it

Callie22

Pizza dough freezes fine both cooked and frozen. I always keep some balls of pizza dough in the freezer, and it thaws perfectly if you leave it in the fridge overnight. I also have frozen partially cooked bases and again, they've been fine.

Tiptop

Hi everyone

Thanks for the replies. I'll definitely be making these now I know I can freeze them