This is my main dough recipe that it kept in the fridge over night and mixed in a Kenwood chef and yes I know the water is not enough but this is an easy mix ! so the less water the less likely the dough is to stick to the hook.
makes 4 pizzas about 8 inches diameter approx.
500g Type ’00’ flour or strong white
315ml water ( 100ml hot mixed with 215ml from the tap ) this will give you a 63% water mix but you can tweak it between 60% and 65% to get the best result for you flour and water.
1 tbsp olive oil ( optional )
8g salt
5g dried yeast
OK as we are using a Kenwood chef mixer or similar for this you cant have the dough to wet, most will recommend a 65% ish moisture level in the dough but his will be more like 45-50%.
As any more and the dough will stick to the dough hook and stop the hook from kneading.
Mix the water with the yeast and oil. Sieve the flour in to the mixer and add the salt start the hook going and mix in the salt.
Then add the water to the flour bit by bit, and keep going the last 50ml will be very slowly added as to much will causes the sticking.
knead for 10 minutes ish until you get a velvety dough. split into dough balls and the cover well with cling in a tray and place in the fridge over night for at least 24hours. Take out an hour of so before to warm up to make them easier to stretch. Then stretch ( that is a whole massive topic ) top and cook !
When using the Kenwood the dough will stick to the dough hook this is normal and just ignore it and the dough will kneed correctly.
