No Mix Thin Crust Pizza Dough

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 teaspoon yeast
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup bread flour
• 1/2 cup bread flour
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 cup tomato paste
• 2/3 cup water
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon onion salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 525 degrees.
• 2 if you have a baking stone, now is the time to make sure it is placed in your oven during the warm up. if you don’t have a stone an unglazed tile or cookie sheets (without sides) works well.
• 3 in a small non-metallic bowl, add the yeast and water and stir it up.
• 4 then, add the flour and stir together for a couple minutes.
• 5 leave it out but covered for at least 4 hours and as much as 12.
• 6 take your biga and add the bread flour, olive oil and salt with a firm spatula.
• 7 after thoroughly mixed, place the dough onto a flour dusted countertop.
• 8 the consistency of your dough should be like cookie dough.
• 9 don’t knead the dough just use the flour to make the outside less sticky.
• 10 at this point, you can oil the bowl that you mixed your dough in and place covered in the refrigerator for up to a couple days.
• 11 with your dough in the middle of a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to flatten your dough. shape is not important.
• 12 a thickness about the size of a tortilla is perfect but you can vary it more or less to your liking.
• 13 it will puff up to about double the size that it is at this point during it’s time in the oven.
• 14 transfer dough to a pizza peel which has been lightly sprinkled with cornmeal.
• 15 mix the paste, garlic, water and spices together in a small bowl.
• 16 with a small spoon or spatula, spread the sauce around your pizza.
• 17 no need to coat every last pit of dough. it will spread out during oven time.
• 18 spread an even layer of cheese (your preference) on top of the sauce and then add any toppings that you like on your pizza.
• 19 when placing the prepared pizza on the pizza stone, reduce the oven temperature to 500 degrees and bake for 5 minutes.
• 20 the high temperature of the stone will crisp up your pizza in just minutes so you want to keep a good eye on your pizza.
• 21 if you can, rotate the pizza after a couple of minutes with your peel and if possible, check the bottom of the crust to see how far along it is.
• 22 your pizza is done when ideally both crust and cheese are properly cooked. if you made your dough thick, it may take a bit longer.