Vegan Pizza Dough

Description

For several years I worked as a line cook that made wood fire pizzas. This dough recipe is a modified and significantly scaled down version of the dough recipe I used to make at work. It is strong enough to be stretched in the traditional Italian way. You can also roll it out with a rolling pin if that’s what you are comfortable with.

At home I like to cook my pizzas on a Barbecue using a pizza stone. It yields results very close to a wood fire oven. That being said, this recipe also works great being baked on a sheet pan baked in a regular oven too.

Ingredients (Yields 2 thin crust pizzas)

• 1 tsp Yeast
• 3 tsp Sugar
• 200ml Warm Water
• 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 1/2 Cups Flour
• 1/4 tsp Salt

Instructions

1. Add Yeast and Sugar to Large Mixing Bowl or Stand Mixer if you have one.
2. Add warm water to sugar and yeast mixture and give it a few stirs.
3. Let the yeast proof for approximately 5 minutes. (It should look foamy when it’s done).
4. Add Olive Oil, flour and salt to mixing bowl.
5. Mix / knead ingredients until bowl is clean.¹
6. Grease a sheet pan with Olive Oil.
7. Once dough is adequately kneaded separate into 2 even balls and place on sheet pan. Cover dough with a kitchen towel until double in size.
8. Once doubled, you are ready to stretch or roll out your doughs and make some pizza!

Pizza Pictured below

Vegan Garlic Butter base, Daiya Mozzarella, fried Seitan, caramelized onions, sautéed Kale, sautéed Mushrooms, fresh Arugula.

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