Recipes

Night-before Pizza Dough

Makes 4-5 12 inch pizzas (each of which is plenty for 2 adults) This pizza dough takes about 18 hours to make from start to finish. Start this the day before you plan to make it. Dough can be refrigerated for 3-4 days, or frozen.

Total Ingredients

• 1kg Flour (ideally “00” or Pizza flour)
• 750ml Water (500ml and 250ml)
• 1/8 teaspoon Yeast
• 20g Salt

The night before

12-14 hours before you plan to wake up

Ingredients for this part

• 500g Flour
• 500ml Water (Warm - 30C)
• 1/8 teaspoon Yeast

Steps for this part

• Heat 500ml water to around 30C - it should be warm, but not hot
• In a large bowl, mix 500g of flour, 1/8 tsp yeast, and 500ml of water
• Mix by hand until a loose dough ball is formed
• Put the dough in a bowl, cover, and leave out on the counter for the night

The following morning

12-14 hours later

Ingredients for this part

• 500g Flour
• 20g Salt
• 250ml Water (Warm - 40C)

Steps for this part

• Heat 250ml water to around 40C - it should be fairly warm, but not hot
• In a new bowl, combine 500g flour and 20g salt, and whisk until combined
• Mix in 250ml water and the dough started earlier
• Mix by hand and form into a dough ball
• Place dough in a bowl, cover, and leave on counter for at least an hour

Later in the day (2-4 hours after previous step)

• Loosen the dough from it’s bowl
• Fold the dough over itself
• Take a section of the dough from the bottom of one side, and fold it over the dough ball to the opposite side

Later in the day (6 hours from when the full dough was mixed)

• Loosen dough from it’s bowl and place onto a lightly floured surface
• Cut (don’t rip or twist) the dough ball into 4 equal sized portions
• Refrigerate portions for 30-60 minutes before using

Dough can be refrigerated for several days, or frozen.

Using frozen dough

• Thaw in refrigerator for at least 12 hours
• Let dough sit on room-temperature countertop for 30-60 minutes before use

Ready to assemble your pizza

You can now use your dough to assemble and cook some pizza. See my page on Pizza Topping Considerations for some important considerations for assembling your final pizza, no matter what dough you are using.