Metric:
1kg Flour
600ml Warm Water
( Lukewarm )
30gr Salt
15gr Yeast
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TRADITIONAL ITALIAN RECIPE: Every year, I flight to Italy to eat in some restaurants i select while I'm in the Toilet at home in Tokyo.
HEY... don't you judge me... reading helps me when i'm "s(h)itting". I never understood the physics behind that. And i'm not the only one. I have asked, to friends, and we are all built the same way. Someone has the newspaper there, other play with the iphone, while others read the ingredients of the Shampoo bottle. As far as my reseach conclused... you need to read something to take a shit. If you drop your book... it comes right up there... and that precious moment has gone forever.
So... i flight to Italy every now and then to check some new restaurants.
Last September i flew to Naples to try some real Neapolitan Pizza, and i've learnt so much. I even did a course. I'm not kidding! AHAHAHA... they have a super lame Pizza Course! :D
Can you imagine the kid "mom, can you make some pizza?" and the mother "sweety, mom has not take her Pizza Diploma yet, sorry, you'll have to eat some creckers tonight!" LOL
I was there. ( O.o )
Don't judge me! I was curious! ( ^.^ )
What I have learned is to use "00" flour – or else strong, finely milled white bread flour with a high gluten content – and it will give your dough an incredible super-smooth texture, fresh yeast (ask your baker or at your supermarket), and use ONLY Italian ingredients.
If using white bread flour instead, make sure it's a strong one that's high in gluten, as this will transform into a lovely, elastic dough, which is what you want. Mix in some semolina flour for a bit of colour and flavour if you like.
This is the Traditional Italian Pizza Dough Recipe, the one that make in Neaples. Fantastic, reliable, everyday neapolitan pizza dough, which can also be used to make bread.
The key to a really good result is, of course, the crust. I make pizza at my friend restaurant using the real Italian Oven, for fun, and at home at least twice a month, so you can be sure this recipe comes to you after years of very meticulous kitchen testing!
This crust has a nice bit of crunch, of course, having a Pizza Stone really helps, but it's pliable enough to fold in half if required.
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Time: 2 Hours |
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Makes: 4 Pizze |
Ingredients:
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Directions:
01 - Put the Hot Water in a pan.
02 - Add Yeast and stir gently and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the yeast activates by turning into a foam on top of the water.
03 - Now, add the Salt.
04 - Gradually add in the Flour as you stir the mixture simultaneously. You know you have added enough Flour when the mixture becomes too thick to stir.
05 - Knead the dough.
06 - Take the Dough out of the bowl and put it on a clean and well-floured surface ( a marble counter or clean table is best ).
07 - Gather the Dough into a pile and begin pressing it together. Press the heels of your hands firmly into the Dough, pushing forward slightly.
08 - Fold the far edge of the Dough upwards, towards you, and press it into the middle of the ball. Rotate it slightly, too. Repeat this press-fold-turn sequence for the duration of the kneading process.
09 - Let the Dough rise up for 1 hour at room temperature or 5 hours in the refrigerator.
10 - Place on a floured counter and flour the top of the Dough.
11 - Cut the Dough into two round Balls.
12 - Flatten one Ball with your hand until about 2cm - 4cm / 0.7in - 1.5in thick.
13 - Pick up the disk of Dough, and pinch the dough about 1.5cm / 0.5in from the edge. Try and stretch as you pinch, repeat this all around the edge.
When the disk of Dough has been stretched enough to start to be floppy, proceed to tossing.
14 - Make a fist and drape the Dough over your fist. Make a fist of the other hand and slip it under the Dough next to your other fist. Carefully move your fists apart stretching the Dough more. Shift your fists ( left towards your face, right away ) so the Dough rotates while stretching.
15 - When the Dough has reached about 20cm / 8in in diameter, you can quickly move your left fist in an arc that goes backwards towards your face. Do this while twisting your right fist forward away from your face. If you give a a little push upwards with your right fist the Dough will spin like a Frisbee. Practice how it feels to balance the force of the fist twists equally. This will keep the Pizza from spinning off into the corner ( or worse ).
Be sure to catch the falling spinning Pizza as gently as you can with your two fists to avoid tearing. But if tearing just start over and do the spinning process over again.
Notes:
- Take some Yeast off if you decide to leave it resting in the fridge for 14-18 hours.
- Don't knead the Dough too long. The texture changes fast. Every minutes counts.
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December 29, 2019
Best recipe. This is how mia mamma makes it in Naples.