Foolproof pizza dough recipe needed please

[Anonymous]

I finally have a working oven and really want to make homemade pizza. Does anyone have a foolproof pizza dough recipe they can share? Also, please share any tips on making great pizza at home. I've never made dough of any kind so all tips appreciated! Thanks!

[Anonymous]

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/10/lazy-pizza-dough-favorite-margarita-pizza/

Try not to fixate on aesthetics -- what you prepare will look much prettier when baked. And put on what looks like way too little sauce.

[Anonymous]

TJs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/10/lazy-pizza-dough-favorite-margarita-pizza/

Try not to fixate on aesthetics -- what you prepare will look much prettier when baked. And put on what looks like way too little sauce.

+1

I make this all the time. Super easy and delicious.

[Anonymous]

We use large tortilla shells when we feel lazy

[Anonymous]

The smitten kitchen one linked above is a very good start and she has good tips for working with dough.

Make your oven as hot as humanly possible, and use a pizza stone. Heat the oven with the stone in it for at least half and hour. My oven is poorly calibrated and I was about to complain to my landlord until I realized I could easily get it above 500 - the pizza cooks perfectly in 7 minutes.

If you have a hard time transferring it into the oven, press it out on parchment paper and then slip that in with it onto the stone - also makes clean up easy.

[Anonymous]

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/pizza-dough-recipe.html but sometimes I put some beer in instead of the water.

[Anonymous]

Buy the pizza dough, fresh or frozen, at the Italian Store in Arlington. I have heard Vace in the District sells it too. delicious and foolproof.

[Anonymous]

This is my go-to for an easy recipe

http://www.blessthismessplease.com/2012/02/perfect-pizza-crust.html



This is the one I use when I have more time. The 5 minute tomato sauce is amazing too. If you've never tried putting lemon zest in your sauce you have to try it!
Topped with good mozza and part cheese, fresh tomatoes and basil leaves mmmmmmm....

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001199.html

Sauce

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/five-minute-tomato-sauce-recipe.html

[Anonymous]

A great tip someone gave me is to sprinkle some corn meal on your pizza stone before you pop the dough on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is my go-to for an easy recipe

http://www.blessthismessplease.com/2012/02/perfect-pizza-crust.html



This is the one I use when I have more time. The 5 minute tomato sauce is amazing too. If you've never tried putting lemon zest in your sauce you have to try it!
Topped with good mozza and part cheese, fresh tomatoes and basil leaves mmmmmmm....

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001199.html

Sauce

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/five-minute-tomato-sauce-recipe.html

Italian here. My parents owned a pizza shop. The bolded is the closest you can get to amazing pizza at home -- the key is you really, really have to let the dough rest overnight like the recipe says. I use this recipe since it's so close to my dad's Neapolitan style dough (which doesn't scale well for home cooks).

[Anonymous]

Trader Joe's dough in a bag. It's $1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A great tip someone gave me is to sprinkle some corn meal on your pizza stone before you pop the dough on.

Or you can sprinkle semolina on your peel (or rimless cookie sheet) and the dough will slide neatly onto the pizza stone when it's time to bake.

Semolina won't scorch as easily as cornmeal.

[Anonymous]

This makes an amazing pizza! http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/08/knead-pan-pizza/ It involves a hot oven and cast iron and letting the dough rise overnight, but it's easy and goooood.