Pizza – better than from the delivery service

Put the flour and sugar in a mixing bowl. Crumble the yeast into the dough. Mix with the dough hook of a food processor or hand mixer. Slowly add half of the weighed water and continue to knead. Knead until the flour has combined with the water.

While continuing to knead, add the rest of the water and sprinkle the salt into the bowl. The dough should now be kneaded until all the ingredients have come together to form a slightly sticky dough that comes away cleanly from the bowl. If you are not sure, knead for 1-2 minutes longer.

Shape the dough into a ball on a lightly floured work surface. To do this, carefully fold the dough 3-4 times. Leave the finished dough to rise in the fridge for at least 6 hours.

Shape into balls 2 hours before the pizza is to be baked. To do this, divide approx. 280g from the dough and carefully shape into balls with your hands. To do this, keep tucking the bottom corners of the dough in from the bottom until a ball is formed. Now leave the dough balls to rise at room temperature.

Pluck the basil into small pieces. Place all the ingredients in a bowl. Crush the canned tomatoes with your hands and mix with the other ingredients.

Preheat the oven (+ pizza stone) to at least 250°C. Alternatively, the pizza can be baked on the grill with a pizza stone. To do this, the pizza stone should be heated on the grill for at least 20 minutes.

Sprinkle a generous amount of corn semolina (slightly larger than the dough balls) onto a work surface. Now place a ball of dough in the corn semolina. Carefully flatten the dough from the inside out with your hands, without touching the edges. Turn once and carefully flatten again. Turn one last time before “beating” the dough over your hand. To do this, first place your right hand on the pizza dough and then place it on the back of your right hand with your left hand. The right hand then carefully knocks the dough back onto the worktop and the left hand back again until the desired size is reached.

The pizza can then be topped as desired.

Now bake the topped pizza until the desired browning is achieved. Always keep an eye on the pizza, as the baking time varies depending on the baking method. In our case, the pizza takes approx. 6-7 minutes on the grill.