Pizza Dough Recipe (Authentic New York Pizza) - Alyona’s Cooking (2024)

This is the most Authentic Italian Pizza Dough Recipe from a Neapolitan pizza chef! Learn how to make pizza at home without a costly pizza oven. You can make incredible New York Pizza with a chewy pizza crust just like your favorite pizza places or restaurant! This pizza dough is best for Margherita pizza or your favorite pizza toppings and it’s all made in a home oven!

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We can eat pizza anytime and that’s why we have a collection of pizza dough recipes! Whether it’s Breakfast Pizza, Dominos Pizza Dough, Homemade Pepperoni Hot pockets(pizza rolls), Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pizza Copycat, or Healthy Cauliflower pizza crust we love it all! Pizza is the best with Wings and if you like food extra saucy make this Pizza Sauce Recipe for dipping!

History of Pizza

Pizza is an Italian dish made from basic bread dough and then topped with tomato sauce, cheese, and sometimes added meat or vegetables. It’s basically an open-faced pie topped with pizza toppings of choice. Pizza is of Italian origin and although it is uncertain who first invented the famous pizza we know the best pizzas are New York Style Pizza in the modern world of pizza pies.

What Is Brooklyn-Style Pizza?

New York Style pizza is a large hand-tossed pizza that’s crisp and chewy and is a large enough pizza slice to fold in half in order to eat. This pie is pliable with toppings although a traditional NY pizza is simply with tomato sauce and shredded mozzarella. This pizza originated in New York City in the 1900s and was derived from the Neapolitan pizza made in Napoli, Italy. That is why the two are so similar to each other.

Best Flour To Use For Pizza Dough:

Italian pizza dough is typically made with type 0 or 00 tender wheat flour. However, any Hi gluten flour or bread flour will work for making homemade pizza dough. You can still make pizza dough using all-purpose flour however, you’ll just need a little extra kneading time to work out the gluten.

Why Should I Make This Pizza Dough?

This is such an easy pizza dough recipe to make! You simply knead together the dough using your hands or a Kitchen aid mixer and it will last in the refrigerator for up to a week. This means you can pull out pizza dough any day of the week for a quick meal and the dough will only get more awesome in flavor as it ferments in the fridge. I love that the ingredients are simple and that anyone can make this pizza dough including beginners!

Ingredients For Pizza Dough:

This pizza dough recipe is made from basic ingredients. To get accurate results every time it is best to weigh the flour and use precise measurements. This can be easily done with a kitchen scale and a metric measuring cup for liquid. I have made this dough with a stand mixer and by hand with outstanding results.

• Flour- high gluten flour like All Trumps or any bread flour is best. You can also use all-purpose flour with extra kneading time.
• Salt-use good quality sea salt.
• Water- since this is going into the fridge you can use room-temperature water, it does not need to be warm. However, if you are planning to bake this pizza dough immediately then you will need to activate the yeast with warm water.
• Yeast-Italian pizzerias typically use wet or fresh yeast however this recipe has been converted to use dry active yeast. Red star active dry yeast is my favorite, but you can use any packet of dry yeast for this pizza dough, since it ferments in the fridge you don’t have to worry about the yeast activating immediately.

How To Make Pizza Dough:

To make pizza at home follow these easy steps for a hand-tossed pie. If you would prefer a thin crust make a smaller dough ball and stretch the dough thin.Here is an overview of the whole pizza process from start to finish.

1. Make the pizza dough in a bowl using your hands or bring everything together in a stand mixer.
2. Knead the dough for about 7 minutes by hand or 5 minutes over low speed in a stand mixer.
3. Place the dough into a food container with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate for 18-24 hours.
4. Divide the dough into four equal pieces, weighing about 14 oz each (this makes four 14-inch pizzas.)
5. Let the dough balls rest at room temperature for 4-6 hours or transfer them into a 2.5-gallon size freezer bag for an additional day.
6. Stretch the dough balls out to a 14-inch circle (makes medium pizzas.)
7. Place pizza dough over a perforated pizza pan or pizza screen for a crispy pizza crust.
8. Top with your favorite pizza toppings.
9. Bake in a pre-heated 500°F for 6-8 minutes. I like to bake my pizzas on the lower rack of the oven for even browning.

Pro Tip: bake pizza at the highest domestic oven temperature for a superior chewy and crisp crust. Open-bottom pizza pans do a fantastic job of browning the dough without an expensive pizza stone or outdoor brick oven.

Pizza Topping Ideas:

There are so many ways to top a pizza, fresh ingredients make all the difference! One of the most popular Neapolitan Pizza is the Margherita pizza, which is simply this pizza dough with basil and salt-infused tomato sauce (using San Marzano Italian tomatoes), Mozzarella di Bufala, fresh basil, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Here are other topping ideas for this pizza dough recipe;

• Supreme Pizza- tomato pizza sauce, cheese, pepperoni, sausage, purple onions, green bell peppers, and mushrooms.
• Traditional White Pizza- garlic sauce (alfredo sauce),Grated Parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, sliced tomatoes just like Bocce Pizza.
• Sicilian Pizza-shape into a small rectangular pan to make a thick deep-dish pizza similar to a Detroit-style pizza, then top with oregano, tomato, garlic-infused marinara sauce, ground beef, parmesan cheese, and Mozzarella (this was a Pizza hut special before.) You can also use Cup’N Crisp pepperoni from Hormel with zesty marinara sauce and cheese.
• Cheese Pizza-use semi-soft low-moisture mozzarella cheese.
• BBQ Chicken Pizza-drizzle your favorite bbq sauce over the pizza crust and top with mozzarella, sliced onions, grilled chicken breast strips, cheddar cheese, and more mozzarella (Domino’s pizza variation.)
• Meat Lovers Pizza- use ham, pepperoni, bacon bits, crumbled pork sausage, cheese, and sweet marinara sauce.
• Hawaiian Pizza-red pizza sauce, mozzarella, pineapple chunks, roasted red bell peppers (optional), bacon, or ham slices.

Equipment For Making Pizza:

Italian Pizza can be made right in your home oven without a pizza peel or fancy pizza oven! Although fast-food pizza is made in a commercial conveyor oven you can replicate the same effect by turning your oven to the highest baking temperature (home ovens usually go to 500°F.) A true Neapolitan pizza is made in a brick oven reaching a temperature of 842°F! This cooks a pizza in 90 seconds! I compiled my kitchen essentials for baking pizza at home like a pro:

• Pizza Screen-is what Domino’s pizza uses for making pizzas and it creates a super crisp and chewy pizza crust that is ideal for making a Neapolitan pizza at home! Use any pizza pan with holes to achieve a crispy crust.
• Pizza Cutter-perfect for slicing into pizza wedges!
• Large Wooden Cutting Board-makes a great serving platter!
• Rolling Pin- if you are not comfortable stretching pizza dough with your hands, you can use a rolling pin to stretch out the dough to the desired size and then indent the edges for a crust perimeter.
• Mixing Bowl- use the bowl of your stand mixer or use any large stainless steel mixing bowl to make the pizza dough.
• Measuring Tools- use a measuring spoon set for salt and yeast, a measuring cup set for the flour, and a metric measuring cup for the water.

Creative Ways To Serve Up Pizza Dough:

Pizza recipes shouldn’t be the only way to use up that pizza dough! You can make flatbread, Costco Chicken Bakes, Calzones, Stromboli, and so much more!This refrigerated dough is handy for a quick and easy Naan bread, Focaccia bread, pull-apart pizza ring and so much more!

• Garlic Knots- knot small strips of dough and brush with a melted butter and herb mixture.
• Cheesy Breadsticks- roll out dough and place into a baking sheet, brush with melted butter and herbs then top with mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
• Pizza Rolls-make pinwheels filled with your favorite pizza sauce and toppings!
• Thin Crackers-roll out pizza dough paper-thin and season with your favorite herbs. Bake until crisp.
• Churros-dip pizza dough strips into melted butter and dredge into a cinnamon-sugar coating then twist and bake!

More Pizza Recipes:

• Easy Fruit Pizza
• Veggie Pizza
• Fluffy and Crusty Pizza Dough Recipe
• Alfredo Pizza
• Twisted Pizza
• Grilled Pizza– is a white pizza with tomatoes.

More Bread Recipes:

• Sourdough Bagels
• No-Knead Sourdough Bread
• Sourdough French Bread– make French bread pizza!
• Whole Wheat Hamburger Buns

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