When preparing a regular simple recipe for pizza dough Alex Guarnachelli, as well as most other yeast options test, it is better to use a little warm to dissolve the yeast, rather than cold water this helps to activate them. Alex gives a test rise twice, then rolls it and spreads начинку. 
Time: 1 hour. 55 minutes Complexity: easy Quantity: 4 pizzas (diameter 15 cm.) In the recipes volumetric containers are used in volume: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cups (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (Art.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 2 and 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
- 1.5 tbsp. warm water (approximately 40 ° C)
- 3.5 tbsp. premium wheat flour, plus some more for work with the test
- 2 tsp coarse salt
- 1/2 tsp ground white pepper
- Slightly less than 1 tbsp. l honey
- 1 tbsp. l extra virgin olive oil plus some more for greasing bowls and baking sheets
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Recipe preparation:
- In a large bowl, add yeast to warm water. Shuffle up dissolve the yeast and let the mixture stand for 5 minutes.
- Using a sieve, sift half the flour into a mixture of yeast and water and knead by hand until smooth. Add salt, pepper and honey and mix. Sift the remaining flour and mix with the dough.
- Lightly sprinkle flour on a chopping board or flat surface. Put pizza dough on flour and knead for 3-5 minutes The dough should turn out homogeneous, and the flour fully enter into it. Put the dough in a slightly oiled large bowl. Cover with cling film and place in a warm place for about 1.5 hours or until doubled in volume.
- Gently knead the dough and put it on dusted with flour surface. Divide the dough into 4 equal parts, roll out every quarter a loose ball. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let the dough go for another 15 minutes. Work with every slice of dough separately. Press the ball to form a flat disk, and roll it into a circle with a diameter of 15 cm. Lay each circle on lightly greased baking sheet.
- How to spread the filling: if you grease the dough with a brush olive oil, it will act as a kind of barrier, thanks to which the dough will not become sour from the filling.
