Pizza Recipe

Ingredients:

PIZZA DOUGH (make a day ahead)

• 500 g / 4 cups high-gluten all-purpose or bread flour, plus extra for dusting
• 10 g / 1½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp active dry yeast
• 4 tbsp / ¼ cup olive oil
• 300 ml / 1¼ cups ice-cold water

Method

1. Mix the flour, salt and yeast in a large mixing bowl.
2. Pour in the olive oil and water. Stir everything together with a large wooden spoon. Bring the mixture together with your hands – you may need to add a touch more water if the dough is too dry.
3. When the mixture has mostly stuck together turn the mixture out on to a work surface or bread board.
4. Knead the mixture by holding one end of the dough in one hand and stretching it out with the other hand (see photo below). Reform the dough, turn it 90 degrees and start again. Repeat this for 10-15 minutes, until the dough is elastic and smooth.
5. When the dough is smooth, put it in a large mixing bowl, coat it in a thin layer of olive oil and cover with a piece of cling-film. Place in the fridge to ferment it overnight.