I love pizza! A super thin and crisp pizza with tomato sauce, melted cheese, oregano and maybe some chicken is just the best invention ever. This time I would like to share my best and most simple recipe for a super easy-to-make pizza dough. Many people always buys take-out pizzas. However, if you have tried to make your own pizza from scratch you know how great that can be. Of course, it takes some more time compared to ordering from the local pizza shop. I personally think that a pizza should not always come in a cardboard box. Making your own pizza is way cheaper and you can shape and add topping exactly as you like.
The Best Pizza Recipe the Nordic Way
There are many different recipes how to make a pizza dough. However, the recipe I have listed below is the one I always turns back to. It only contains few and very basic ingredients; all-purpose flour, water, a little yeast, olive oil and salt. All ingredients I always have in my kitchen and that is just how I like it. I personally think this dough get exactly as crisp and tasteful as the one from the local pizza shop.
Today, I have decided to show only how to make the actually pizza dough. What kind of topping you want to add is completely up to yourself and your imagination. So get some flour and knead your own pizza dough.
Best Pizza Dough
2 pizza
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Danish title: Pizzabund
Cuisine: Italian
Category: dinner
Ingredients:
25 g (1 oz) fresh yeast (or equivalent dried yeast)
400 ml (1 3/4 cups) lukewarm water
3 tsp salt
6 tsp olive oil
650 g (23 oz) all-purpose flour
Instructions:
1. In a large bowl; add the lukewarm water, fresh yeast, salt and olive oil. Mix everything well together and make sure the yeast and salt are dissolved completely.
2. Set the bowl aside for about 10-15 minutes. After this time, you should see small yeast-bobbles in the water.
3. Add the all-purpose flour and knead everything well together. The dough must be nice and elastic. The kneading time is about 10-15 minutes I you want the best result. You can use a kitchen machine for this step.
4. Add a little olive oil in a bowl and cover the dough in the oil. Set it aside to rise for about 1-1.5 hours or until the dough is doubled in size.
5. Use your hands to compress the dough and to push out the air inside. You can now decide the keep the dough in your fridge or freezer to be used at a later point. Just remember to bring the dough back to room temperature when to be used. If you want to continue; cover the dough and let it rise for another 15 minutes.
6. Divide the pizza dough into two large or four smaller pieces. Using a rolling pin, make a nice and thin pizza. Remember to sprinkle a little flour on the kitchen table so that the pizza dough does not stick to the table. Here it is a good idea to use durum flour. However, all-purpose flour would also do.
7. Now you ready to add tomato sauce and your favorite topping.
8. Bake the pizza in a preheated oven at 250 C (480 F) until the pizza is crisp and the cheese is nice and golden. You can with advantage use a pizza stone to get a super crisp pizza.
Charly
Thanks for the recipe! :)
4tsp of salt is quite a lot though. I put 3 but my dough is still very salty. I hope it will blend in with the toppings.
xxx
Kim Nielsen
Yes you are right - will change the recipe according to your idea :-) Thanks for letting me know.
Tracy
A really fabulous pizza dough that I've been using since the start of lockdown. Perfect pizza every time. Thank you so much.
Kim Nielsen
I'm happy that you enjoy the recipe for pizza dough. I have used it more many years now and I also like it :-) Regards Kim (NordicFoodLiving.com)
Sam
Thank you for this lovely recapie, helped me out a lot!
Kim Nielsen
You are welcome - I'm just happy that you can use the recipe and enjoy my site :-)
Chris Sharman
Do you know what is the white dressing they out on pizzas in Denmark?
Kim Nielsen
They use a normal white yogurt dressing for the pizzas in Denmark.
Dave
Lovely recipe thanks , put it in the fridge and used it next day , kids lived it .
Lydia Camilleri Agius
how to use fresh yeast in bread maker, to make pizza dough
Lydia
Kim Nielsen
I don't have a bread maker. However, I would just dissolve the fresh yeast in the water and then continue as the recipe describes. Regards Kim (NordicFoodLiving.com)
Joanna
Than you for your recipe. My daughter and I made the dough together. It was a lot of fun. We had to add a bit more flour but we don’t have a scale so I probably added too little at first. Very delicious pizza crust.
Kim Nielsen
You are welcome - I'm happy that you like the recipe for pizza dough. Regards Kim (NordicFoodLiving.com)
matilda s bruno
Great pizza dough recipe!
Kim Nielsen
Thanks! I am happy that you like my pizza dough recipe. Regards Kim (NordicFoodLiving.com)
Quynh Doan
Thank you Kim. Very nice recipe with a good ratio of flour to liquid. I think 3 teaspoon of salt was perfect. Thank you for sharing.
Kim Nielsen
You are welcome. I'm happy that you like the recipe for my pizza dough. Regards Kim (NordicFoodLiving.com)
Evka
Hej Kim, I would like to use your recipe to make pizza for about 10 people. Should I triple the quantity? Thank you.
Kim Nielsen
Hi Evka - Yes that seems about right. If you triple the quantity then you should have enough dough for 10 people. Regards Kim (NordicFoodLiving.com)