Lidia's Italy at Home #3

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Pizza Dough Impasto per pizza

Recipe Stir the yeast and sugar into the warm water and let sit until bubbly, about 5 minutes. Stir in the olive oil.

This is a great basic pizza dough recipe. Use for pizza or calzone or even focaccia. If you don’t want to use the

Stir together the flour and salt in a large bowl. Stir in

dough right away, you can slow down the rise by putting

the water and yeast mixture with a fork to make a sticky

it in the refrigerator for a few hours. Punch it down and

dough. Turn the dough out on a floured work surface

let it come to room temperature before proceeding.

and knead by hand until the dough is smooth and

Yield Makes 2 10-inch pizzas

Ingredients

elastic, about 5 minutes. Put the dough in an oiled bowl and cover with a kitchen towel. Set the bowl in a warm, draft-free spot until doubled in size, about 1½ hours. Punch down and divide into portions.

2 teaspoons active dry yeast Pinch of sugar 1 ¼ cups warm water (between 90 and 110 degrees F) 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the bowl 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for working the dough 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt

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