Description
From the blog "one upon a plate" – http://onceuponaplaterecipes.blogspot.com/2009/11/fast-thin-and-crispy-crust-pizza.html – "this is the recipe my family always uses when we need a fast pizza dough, it requires virtually no rise-time and bakes up firm and very crisp. But don't worry if you want to make it ahead, or if you have left over dough, just form into a ball (or balls) and wrap in cling film and store in the refrigerator up to one day, or freeze for longer storage."
Ingredients
- Quick-rising Yeast
- Granulated Sugar
- Water
- All-purpose Flour
- Salt
- Olive Oil
- Pizza Sauce
Instructions
- In a small bowl or glass measuring cup dissolve the yeast and sugar in warm water, stir and set aside for 10 minutes
- Mixture should begin to bubble and foam at the end of the time
- In a medium bowl, combine flour and salt, set aside
- Add the liquid yeast mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until well combined
- Flour a work surface and knead dough for a couple of minutes until smooth and elastic
- Shape the dough into 1 large, 2 medium, or 4 small pizzas using whatever method you prefer
- Rolling pin, stretching or off the board between your two hands, in the air
- If you have a pizza peel, sprinkle lightly with corn meal and build your pizza
- If not, lightly grease a flat cookie sheet and build your pizza
- I brush the formed dough very lightly with olive oil, then pizza sauce, cheese then any other other ingredients
- Keep toppings rather sparse if you want a really crispy crust
- Bake in hot oven until as crispy as desired
- Usually 8 to 12 minutes, but this will vary depending upon pizza stone vs
- Pan and the toppings you have chosen
- You can also make this in a food processor ~ mix the water, sugar and yeast as directed in a small container
- Place flour and salt in bowl of processor and pulse a few times to mix
- Add the liquid yeast mixture and pulse until blended
- Adding more flour until mixture just forms a ball and the dough follows the blade around the bowl
- To remove from food processor bowl, flour your hands well, form dough into a ball and shape as directed