Parmesan Pizza Dough

This parmesan pizza dough recipe that starts with a basic recipe and provides additional flavor to the crust using parmesan cheese. This recipe works equally as well with any hard cheese. Try experimenting and using your favorite cheese, and match with flavor combinations of various pizza toppings

The following parmesan pizza dough recipe will make enough dough for one (1) approximately 14 inch (large) diameter pizza. You can scale this recipe to any quantity you like and that will fit your equipment. For example, if you want to make 2 large pizzas simply double all of the ingredients.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese, freshly grated
• 1 Tbs Olive Oil
• 1/4 Tsp Salt
• 1 Tsp Active Dry Yeast
• 2/3 Cup Water, room temperature
• 2 Cups Bread Flour

Directions:

• Dissolve 1 package of yeast in 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbs of lukewarm water.
• See Activating Yeast for complete instructions
• Place flour in bowl of electric mixer
• Add dissolved yeast, oil, water, and salt
• Using dough hook, mix well at medium-low speed until all ingredients are incorporated
• Increase speed to high and mix dough for 4 to 5 minutes
• Dust or oil dough ball and place in a large bowl, and cover with plastic wrap
• Let rise in a warm, draft free place for 1 to 3 hours.

A bread flour is higher in gluten and will give this crust a nice, crisp texture.

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