This is a ciabatta-type pizza dough. It makes an airy, chewy crust that’s so good! I got the original recipe from this site. This only makes one pizza so I generally double this recipe.
Crust
1 3/4 cups bread flour (250 g to be exact)
1 cup water
1 tsp yeast (1/2 package)
1/4 teaspoon salt
Yield: 1 pizza
Directions
Step 1.
Mix the flour, yeast, salt & water in your stand mixer with the paddle on high speed, it won’t look like it is doing anything for a while. Then after about 5-10 minutes or so it will start to come together. The dough is done as soon as it stop sticking to the sides and is just coming off the bottom. It has the consistency of rubber but is very sticky.
Step 2.
Oil the sides and bottom of a large bowl (spray oil works good). Scoop out the dough into the bowl. Be quick moving it into the bowl because the dough will still be very soft and sticky. Cover with plastic wrap or a damp tea towel and set it in a warm place and let it rise until it triples (about 3 – 4 hours).
Step 3.
Once the dough has tripled, preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Get the dough out and if it’s still really sticky on top, sprinkle a little flour on top so you can pull it out. Put the dough on a floured baking sheet or some parchment paper – it’s still going to be really soft and squishy so you’ll probably need to sprinkle some flour on as you’re working it into a pizza shape.
Step 4.
Sprinkle some olive oil (and maybe some truffle oil!) on top and spread it out all over the top of the dough. Now, put on your toppings! I found that right now my favorite cheeses to use are Provolone, Gruyere, Gouda and Fontina or some mixture of a couple of them.
Step 5.
Bake @ 500 degrees for 12 minutes and enjoy!
