Pizza Dough

This gives a slightly puffy pizza dough, leading to a thicker pizza. It takes about an hour and a half to rise, so if you want to have dinner at 1830, make the dough at 1630.

Ingredients:

• 75ml milk
• 300ml water
• 7g satchet of instant dried yeast
• 650g strong white flour
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Method:

1. Measure the milk and water in a jug and warm in the microwave (probably a minute or a minute and a half) until it feels like a tepid bath temperature.
2. Put the other ingredients in your standmixer's bowl and then start the stand mixer on a low speed with the dough hook in it.
3. Slowly pour in the warm milk and water mixture until it's all formed into a ball and then leave the mixer to kneed it for 5 minutes.
4. After 5 minutes, remove the bowl from the mixer, scrape down any flour still on the side and then cover the bowl with cling film and put to one side for an hour and a half.
5. Pre-heat the oven to 250 degrees, using a pizza stone if you have one.
6. Tip the dough out of the bowl onto a floured surface and divide in two.
7. Roll out each of the two balls of dough into roughtly 22 cm circles, top with tomato sauce, cheese and your choice of toppings before putting in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes until the toppings are nicely melted.
8. Cut into slices and serve.

Makes enough for 2 large (22cm diameter) pizzas.