Justins amazing pizza dough - Real Recipes from Mums

My husband Justin makes these pizzas alot and they are a family favorite

Ingredients (makes 6 12 inch pizzas)

15g dried yeast
2 tsp salt
600ml lukewarm water
1 kg quality 00 flour
1 tsp caster sugar
drizzle olive oil

Method

Pre heat oven to the hottest temperature it has
Into a bowl place yeast, sugar and water, and mix thoroughly to ensure yeast is fully dissolved.
Place flour and salt into a bowl, make a well in the middle, and pour in the yeast mixture, and a drizzle of oil. Mix all together using a wooden spoon and/or your hands, to bond the mixture. Remove from bowl, and kneed to form smooth dough.
After the dough has risen, divide into 6 even pieces and roll into balls. Leave the dough balls to rise again for at least an hour (place into bowls and cover with glad wrap to prevent drying out)
The dough can now be stretched out on a floured board into rough pizza shape. Don’t use a rolling pin as this squashes the air out of it, and prevents from the crusts rising.
Only spread pizza sauce around the middle of the bases leaving a 1-2cm ring around the edge so the crust rises and crisps up. Lightly oil around the edges using a pastry brush to help crisp the crust.
Place on desired toppings, and then put into the oven for approximately 8 - 10 minutes

Notes

You can divide the dough, wrap securely in plastic and freeze for up to two months. remove from freezer the night before you want it and thaw in the fridge. Remove from fridge at least 3 hours before wanting to use it

35 Comments

- - mom486197 said
  - 15 Aug 2024
    4:36 pm
This is making my mouth water. Looks delicious and full of flavour.

- - meedee said
  - 05 Jul 2022
    9:23 am
Where can I find myself a man like Justin?

- - serotonin said
  - 30 May 2019
    11:12 am
I’ve always wanted to make my own pizza dough so I can make homemade pizzas without using the sub par bases from the shop. Thanks for sharing!
- mom486197 replied
  
  15 Aug 2024 , 4:37 pm
  making your own pizza dough is so simple and a great way to get the kids involved. great rainy day activity.
- - mom112023 said
  - 14 Dec 2018
    6:32 am
I’ll try this. Looks good. Thanks.

- - tessie said
  - 17 Apr 2018
    9:01 am
My family love pizza and this is a great recipe

- - Ellen said
  - 15 Apr 2018
    2:47 am
Perfect for freezing ! Nice to add some lovely herbs to the dough.

- - rovermum said
  - 12 Apr 2018
    9:12 am
I love the look of this pizza and want to eat it right now. It looks delicious.

- - KerryW said
  - 11 Apr 2018
    8:28 pm
thank you for sharing this, I learnt a couple of tips from this and look forward to making this for the next pizza night

- - mom160421 said
  - 30 Oct 2017
    1:06 pm
This is similar to my pizza bases.

- - mom266216 said
  - 20 Oct 2017
    6:41 pm
Looks so delicious!!!! It made me hungry.

- - LuckyMum said
  - 03 Oct 2017
    3:28 pm
I usually use a premade base , but this look yum ! and not too hard… I might try it ! thanks for sharing
- Mum2archer replied
  
  03 Oct 2017 , 5:49 pm
  You’re welcome. Hope you enjoy it !
- - mom62624 said
  - 02 Oct 2017
    12:58 pm
Thanks for sharing, pizza is one of our favourites.

- - mom90758 said
  - 30 Sep 2017
    7:42 am
Making your own pizza is really rewarding!

- - mom64736 said
  - 28 Sep 2017
    12:01 pm
Now I want pizza! I prefer the yoghurt and flour dough because I don’t have time for this. But thanks for shraing

- - ella12 said
  - 25 Sep 2017
    12:07 pm
Love it, thanks for sharing – and now I’m hungry lol!

- - rovermum said
  - 25 Sep 2017
    9:42 am
Love this but I’m lazy and much prefer to buy the pre-made pizza bases.

- - tessie said
  - 25 Sep 2017
    9:16 am
This sounds great but a lot of gas or electricity is wasted if the oven is on for over an hour before it is used. Will give it a go but won’t put oven on until just before I need to use it

- - mom94125 said
  - 24 Sep 2017
    11:15 pm
this sounds like a great idea! i will give it a try and i like how you could make this on the weekend in preparation for a busy week. thanks for sharing this

- - rachel1970 said
  - 23 Sep 2017
    8:25 am
my hubby makes a mean pizza from scratch, I think his base recipe is a little different

- - mom101628 said
  - 22 Sep 2017
    9:22 pm
Love that you can freeze it and use it later – thanks for sharing the recipe.