Pizza
One of the special ones I must say. It certainly requires a lot of time and patience but every bite makes the effort worth it. It's the perfect food to cook when you have friends over.
Servings 2 pizzas Prep time 18 hrs Cooking time 20 mins
Ingredients (for the dough)
- 3.1 cups Farina 00
- 1.2 cups water
- ½ tbsp fine sea salt
- 0.1 tsp instant dried yeast
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
Directions (for the dough)
- Place 1.2 cups of warm water (32°C to 35°C) into a container. Place the dried yeast in a small coffee mug along with 6 tablespoons of the warm water and set aside.
- Add the 3.1 cups of the flour in the water container, mix by hand to incorporate, cover and let it rest for 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle the turmeric and fine sea salt over the dough and stir in the yeast mixture (ensure that all goes in by using a small piece of the dough to goop it in).
- Using wet hands mix the dough and use the pincer method to fully integrate the ingredients.
- Fold the dough two more times starting 45 minutes after mixing (the previous step).
- Let the dough relax (ideally in a dark room) and after 12 hours of resting it's time to divide.
- Flour a clean surface and using floured hands ease in the mixture, dust the top and cut the dough in half.
- Shape each piece spherical-like shapes working gently and being careful not to de-gas the dough. Place the dough balls on a lightly floured baking sheet and leaving space between them to allow for expansion. Lightly oil or flour the tops, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
- Place each dough ball on a floured surface and using your fingers and hands (not a rolling pin), flatten the dough and place it on a pizza pan.