Pizza Base

Contributor: Amu
Pizza base ki thousands of recipes untayi...meeru yedi vadutunaro....
Naa recipe as follows try cheyandi....
Pizza Base

Ingredients
2 Cups All Purpose Flour(If possible try and get Bakers Flour/ Bread Flour)
8gms Dry Active Yeast(1 Sachet) or 5gms if using Fresh Yeast
1 Cup Water(lukewarm)
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Pepper
1 teaspoon Dry Oregano
10ml(2 Tablespoons) Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Process
1) In a bowl, Mix Lukewarm water, sugar and yeast and set aside covered for 10 mintues or until the mixture froths up to alomst double its volume.

2) Then sieve the flour and add salt, pepper and oregano to it.

3) Slowly add water and mix the dough to bring it together. Add the olive oil.

4) Knead it for 10-15minutes till the dough is well mixed and oil is well incorporated. The dough can be a little moist but not to wet. if it too wet then add a little flour. It should be smooth.

5) Leave it covered in a warm spot for 1 hr or till the dough doubles in size.

6) Once dough has risen then remove it onto a lightly floured surface and knead the dough till knocked back to almost its original amount.

7) Roll in smooth sraight moves to desired shape of baking tray and once on baking tray apply a little more olive oil.

8) Top with whatever ingredients you want and bake till the base is light golden colour.

The above recipe should make 2x8inch bases if rolling thickly....but if rolling thinly it should easily make 2x10inch bases.
I sometime add a Tablesppon on fine Semolina(Sooji/bombay rava) to give the dough some texture.

Hope recipe is clear....any doubts please ask me...

[one more thing... the properties of flours vary because of various climatic contions like humidity, heat, cold etc....I have given a recipe that works very well in a very varied climate like Melbourne, Australia....extreme cold winters and bizare summers...so check out accordingly for timings to let dough rise etc