Easy, simple and foolproof, this basic dough recipe is our go-to with regards to making pizza. With directions on the best way to combine, knead, kind and prepare dinner, this information walks you thru each step of creating a cheese pizza in your house oven with an Ooni Pizza Metal 13.
One hallmark of our basic dough is the velocity at which it comes collectively. Able to prepare dinner in simply 4 hours, it’s a fantastic recipe for these days once you resolve at lunchtime that you really want pizza that evening. Whereas utilizing a stand mixer to knead your dough will preserve issues hands-off and straightforward, kneading by hand isn’t a strenuous course of and solely takes just a few further minutes.
We baked our pizzas on the Ooni Pizza Steel 13 in a standard oven. After simply thirty minutes of preheating time, the Metal is piping sizzling and able to prepare dinner, and in solely 5 to six minutes, you’ll have a pizza with a crisp but chewy base that’s lined in bubbly, melty cheese.
Notes: Whereas you should utilize this dough recipe in any one in every of our Ooni ovens, the cooking directions under are particular to our Ooni Pizza Steel 13. This dough will bake for 60 to 90 seconds in an Ooni oven at 850°F to 950°F (450°C to 500°C).
TIME
half-hour energetic
4 hours passive
4 hours, half-hour whole
YIELD
4 12-inch (30cm) pizzas
Gear
Whisk (non-obligatory)
Stand Mixer (non-obligatory)
Ooni Pizza Dough Scraper
Ooni Dual Platform Digital Scales
Ooni Pizza Steel 13
Ooni Pizza Peel
Ooni Pizza Cutter Wheel
Substances
For the dough:
1 ½ cups (368 grams) lukewarm water
1 ¼ teaspoon (3.5 grams) active dry yeast
5 cups (613 grams) “00” flour
3 teaspoons (18 grams) sea salt
Flour, for dusting
For the tomato sauce:
320 grams crushed tomatoes
2 grams dried oregano
2 grams purple chili flake
8 grams kosher salt
For the cheese pizzas:
1 ½ cups (320 grams) tomato sauce
4 ¾ cups (400 grams) shredded mozzarella
½ cup (40 grams) grated Parmesan cheese
Technique
Fill a bowl with lukewarm water and add the energetic dry yeast. Use a whisk or fork to completely combine till blended. In a separate bowl, mix the flour and salt, then add it to the water and yeast combination.
If utilizing a stand mixer, add the water and yeast to the bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the flour and salt, then add to the water and yeast combination. Flip the mixer on low and blend for 4 minutes, or till the dough is shaped. Cowl the bowl with a towel or plastic wrap and let rise for two hours.
If mixing by hand, stir with a picket spoon till a dough begins to kind. Proceed mixing by hand till the dough comes collectively in a ball.
Dump the dough onto a frivolously floured floor and knead with each arms for about 10 minutes –– till it’s agency and stretchy. Return it to the bowl.
Cowl with a dish towel and let rise in a heat place for about 2 hours, or till doubled in measurement.
Place the dough on a frivolously floured work floor and use a dough scraper to divide it into 4 9-ounce (250-gram) balls –– we advocate utilizing a digital scale for accuracy.
Form every bit of dough right into a ball. Place the dough balls in a sealable dough field, or on a baking sheet lined with a dish towel, then allow them to relaxation for 90 minutes.
To make the sauce, combine collectively all substances in a bowl and put aside till able to bake.
Place your Ooni Pizza Metal 13 in your standard oven, and preheat to 530°F (275°C), or to its highest temperature. Preheat the metal for no less than half-hour or as much as 1 hour.
Place a dough ball in your frivolously floured work floor then use your fingers to push the air from the middle out to the sides. Stretch the dough out right into a 12-inch (30cm) base and depart it on the countertop or lay it over your frivolously floured pizza peel.
High every pizza with ½ cup (80 grams) of tomatoes, 1 ¼ cup (100 grams) mozzarella cheese, and a pair of tablespoons (10 grams) of Parmesan.
Open your oven, then slide the pizza off of the peel and onto the Ooni Pizza Metal 13. 
Cook dinner the pizza for five to six minutes, or till the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted and bubbly. Take away it from the oven, then slice, serve and luxuriate in. Repeat with the remaining 3 dough balls.
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