Gabe's Pizza Dough


Ingredients

Quick Note: This is really "Gabe's Sweet Bread"
Recipe, but with a different amount of sugar
.


Measure 1/4 Cup of White Sugar
THEN ADD TO THIS 1 and 1/2 MORE Tablespoons of white sugar.

So you will have: 1/4 CUP PLUS 1 and 1/2 TABLESPOONS of White Sugar.


1/2 teaspoon of Salt

2 Teaspoons of Yeast


Measure 1 1/4 Cups of Water
THEN SUBTRACT FROM THIS 2 Tablespoons of Water.

So you will have: 1 1/4 CUPS MINUS 2 TABLESPOONS of Water.


1 Tablespoon of Honey


Measure 1/2 Cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
THEN SUBTRACT FROM THIS 3 Tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

So you will have: 1/2 CUP MINUS 3 TABLESPOONS of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.


5 and 1/4 cups of White Flour
Or about 7 and 1/2 ladles
( You will add flour with a ladle
until good dough consistency, which is
"just sticky" but not too wet or too dry
. )


Procedure


PART 1

Yeast Mixture

(a)

In a mixing Bowl put in your white sugar
and 1/2 teaspoon of Salt and set aside.

(b)
Put your water and Honey in pan and bring to gentle boil.
Set heat to medium.

( NOTE: Not full boil, just hot enough until small bubbles form )

( My heat settings range from 1 - 10; I used "5". )

(c)
Into your mixing bowl with your white sugar and salt.

ADD

your now boiled honey water and mix gently.

( NOTE : Sugar/salt does not have to dissolve,
in honey water, just stir honey water mixture into
sugar/salt with spoon about 7 - 10 times
.)

(d)

Now add 2 teaspoons of yeast to your honey-water / sugar / salt mixture


(e)
LET THIS MIXTURE STAND FOR ONE HOUR.


After One Hour

PART 2

Your Yeast is now ready.

(i)
To yeast Mixture, add one handful of Flour and mix well.
( NOTE: I knead by hand. )

(ii)
Add your Extra Virgin Olive Oil into this and mix well.


(iii)
Gently add flour by the ladle until dough is firm, but not "dry".

You will need about 5 and 1/4 cups of flour give or take 1/2 a cup
( That is, about 7 and 1/2 ladles )
Just "eyeball it"

(iv)
Round out your dough and pour 1 tablespoon of Extra Virgin
Olive Oil on top of dough and spread on top of dough; in
mixing bowl and cover with cloth.


PART 3

To Make Dough Rise ...


(1)

Boil about 2 1/2 cups of water in a fry
pan and put in bottom shelf of COLD OVEN.

(2)

On top tray put in your covered dough,
close oven and LET RISE FOR 2 HOURS.


After Two Hours

COMPLETELY REMOVE YOUR DOUGH
WITH CLOTH AND FRY PAN FROM OVEN
.

Make sure this is done.


Your Pizza Dough is now ready!


Now let's make Pizza!


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