Pizza dough. What's in yours?

[Phentex]

I want a dough with flavor but I can't seem to get the quantities right.

Anyone?

[Warpy]

1. Flour, water, yeast and salt

Make the dough really, really wet, use a lot of yeast for a fast rise. Sprinkle some cornmeal in the pan and oil your hands with olive oil to stretch the dough to fit. You can take your time on the latter, allowing it to rest if it becomes a little too springy to stay in place.

The cornmeal in the pan gives the bottom extra crunch and extra flavor.

Any pizza dough recipe online will give you basic proportions. Just keep that dough nice and soggy and don't burst all the bubbles when you shape it. They're the best part.

[Phentex]

6. Mine gets springy...

I was wondering if anyone added something like garlic or basil to the crust itself.

I'm smiling. My kids like the bubbles, too. I like a super thin, crispy crust.

[Warpy]

9. There's no reason why not, although I find the crust is good as is

It seems a bit like gilding the lily to me.

Your kids know what's good.

[hippywife]

2. I use the Ain5 bread recipe with some mods.

The recipe calls for 6 1/2 c. unbleached AP flour, I use bread flour at 4 cups, whole wheat at 1 1/2 c. and semolina at 1 c.

I follow the rest of the recipe as is, adding just a wee bit more water as needed by the feel. I store it in the fridge as directed until it smells beery and it makes a fabulous crust.

[Phentex]

7. I need to spend more time in that book!

They have some great looking breads and I was on a kick with their main loaf for a while.

[Tesha]

3. I think the flavor develops

when you let it rest in the fridge for at least a day.

We just had our 48 hour resting in the fridge dough formed into foccicia for lunch -

good so good

[Tesha]

4. Well, "focaccia". ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focaccia

[Phentex]

5. I read it right anyway...

you know how some things just look right when you read them. :)

[Tesha]

8. That's a variant on this phenomenon...

http://www.anvari.org/log/20030916.1803_first-and-last-letter-research.html

First and Last Letter Research

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[pscot]

10. that's funny

n/t

[GoCubsGo]

11. I like Alton Brown's recipe

You can find it here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pizza-pizzas-recipe4/index.html

I don't have a stand mixer, so I just put all the ingredients in my bread machine and hit the dough cycle. I don't always let it sit overnight, as he recommends. I let it rest a few hours, and it still turns out okay. Read his notes at the bottom of the recipe regarding the salt and sugar. I use about half of what he calls for.