THE THIN PIZZA CRUST – pesto pizza

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June 14, 2020

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No.
Not your jean size. Not your body type, not your personality. Here all sizes are preferect. 
Your flour. 00. For some baking recipes, size is acceptable. 
 
Ingredients
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon yeast
  • 1/4 cup warm water
  • 3/4 cup water and 1 teaspoon salt dissolved in it
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 cups 00 flour
  • First, per my very good, saffron week, demonstration. You should always.
  • 1. Put your sugar in a bowl.
  • 2 Pour 1/4 cup very warm water from the tap
  • 3. Immediately, pour your yeast over the warm water. Wait for it to “proof”, which is nice, bubbling, frothing, sort of thing. If your yeast is not proofing, it is one of three things.
  • 1. Water too cold
  • 2. Water to hot.
  • 3. Yeast expired.

Instructions
  1. Once you have established that your yeast is “proofing” stir in the remaining ingredients, and knead until comes together into a nice, semi sticky dough. We don’t want it too dry. Sticky. If your starter is not “proofing”, toss out and start again.
  2. Roll into large bowl, coat in olive oil, place in warm place, cover with clean kitchen towel and let rise for 2 hrs or until double in size.
  3. OK, I have been staying in the “normal” range, but now I am jumping off the cliff, and taking all of you with me. As discussed, I don’t care to handle dough very much. Continue reading on your own risk. Do not pass on to your pizza making professionals, as they will probably tell you to immediately drop out of all future classes. I am by no means, saying this is the “best” way to make pizza. I am saying, this is the best way to make super thin pizza crust if you don’t care to touch or move the dough very much.
  4. Lightly grease the bottom (underside) of a sheet pan. So yes, lay your sheet pan upside down. Grease it. Cut your dough in half, and roll it out directly on the upside down sheet pan. If it breaks apart, add a touch more flour. Roll out to desired thinness. It will basically cover a half-size sheet pan. Brush with garlic oil (olive oil with grated garlic clove in it), season very very lightly with a little salt.
  5. Now its, your pizza, put whatever you want on it. We had the kids, we went super simple, tomato sauce, cheese (italian cheese blend) parmesan cheese, and basil. Then, yeah yeah, you try to move your super thin pizza to a stone. Go ahead. Me, I am going to put my upside down, pizza covered sheet pan, right on a burner turned to high heat, and heat this baby from underneath for about 2 minutes, then I am tossing it into a 500 degree oven. Bake until crispy.
  6. Makes two pizzas.

Photo and Food Styling by Mimi Newman