HM Pizza Base Recipes Tips and Quick Questions

mandy_moo_1

Found the different threads for making pizzas....just wondered what happens if you don't add yeast, cos some of the recipes say to use it and some don't.

Does it make the base 'rise' so you get a deep-pan type of one? We only like the thin and crispy ones anyway

So if i can miss out the yeast, all the better,especially when i remember my disasters at making my own bread :eek:

mandy_moo_1

Thanx for that Pink.....think i'll have a wander to tesco, see if i can get meself some free yeast

pavlovs_dog

has anyone ever used naan bread as a pizza base? i ate my first indian on saturday (im broadening my taste horizons and leaving my fussy eating years behind ) and couldnt help but think it would make a lovely base!

thriftlady_2

Yes,naan bread makes great pizza bases

Kazonline

Hi all! Wonderfull breadmaker has arrived and I've been busily playing with it. I've made some pizza dough tonight but as it took longer than I expected the family are allready fed. What is the best way to keep the base until tomorrow? I've allready stretched it out onto a baking tray and now it's doing its last bit of rising. Should I bake it as is and then top tomorrow, or maybe top with tomato base and cheese, part bake and then finish tomorrow?
Thanks
kaz

allgram

hi, not to worry put it in am oiled poly bag with a freezer tie and pop in fridge overnight,will keep fine,just take it out in time to reach room temp.

Kazonline

Not got a bag big enough but I'm guessing that cling film will do?
Seems such a shame to not be eating it tonight - but when my lot are hungry they need to be fed there and then!
Kaz x

Caterina

Part bake the base, so it does not grow (if you put it in the fridge unabked it keeps growing, although slower than if it was at room temperature) then top tomorrow and finish baking.

Caterina

Kazonline

Lol - can you imagine, I'd open the fridge door in the morning and the dough would come oozing out ..... Thanks for the warning!!!
Oh bother - just remembered, I've just covered the floor of my oven with ovenpride. This Pizza is sooo doomed!

demented_2

Kazonline wrote:

Not got a bag big enough but I'm guessing that cling film will do?
Seems such a shame to not be eating it tonight - but when my lot are hungry they need to be fed there and then!
Kaz x

Hi, I made my first pizza base the other day. I put one half on the Pizza tray to rise I didn't have a big enough bag, so i used a white pedal bin liner well oiled, and that worked fine.The other half i put in the fridge in a thin white bin liner and that "rose " so much that i thought the" beast from the fridge "was hiding in our house. The dough was really good and my lot really enjoyed the pizza, much better than the bought ones.