Pizza is an open pie that belongs to Italian cuisine. The taste of the dish strongly depends not only on the filling, but also on the flour base. The classic base is made from yeast dough. Modern housewives do not have the opportunity to spend a lot of time kneading dough and waiting when it rises. Among them, the simpler versions of the dough for the Italian pie have gained popularity. These include shortbread pizza dough, which is kneaded quickly and easily, almost immediately after kneading, ready to work with it. There are several variants of such a basis, but the principles of its preparation remain identical.
Cooking Features
Even a beginning hostess will be able to prepare shortbread pizza dough if she knows and takes into account a few points.
- The main ingredients of shortcrust pastry are flour and butter, which is often replaced with margarine. The characteristics of the kneaded dough and the taste of the finished pizza depend on the quality of these products.
- Flour before use must sift. This is done not only to rid it of small litter and insect larvae, but also in order to saturate the flour with oxygen, so that it becomes loose, light, easily combined with other ingredients without forming lumps. From such flour the pastries turn out more gentle and air.
- How to prepare another main ingredient (butter or margarine) for kneading shortbread pizza dough depends on the specific recipe. The cooks did not have a unanimous opinion whether it is worth melting butter or softening it enough. Some believe that this product should be used chilled.
- To make the dough softer and more tender, kefir, sour cream and mayonnaise are added to it. Soda and baking powder help make it more crumbly. Adding eggs can increase the density of the dough, making it stronger. If you add the yolks alone, the dough will remain tender and even tastier. The choice of recipe depends on the preferences of the cook and the availability of certain products in the house.
- If the shortbread dough is too soft and oily, it is recommended to put it in the fridge for an hour or two. It is much easier to work with chilled sand dough.
Sandy pizza base is usually dried first without filling. To do this, it is slightly rolled out, distributed in shape, pressing to the bottom and sides. Then, at the bottom, they are pierced in several places with a fork or toothpick, so that it does not rise during baking. The oven is warmed to 200 degrees, and the base for the pizza is sent to it for 10-12 minutes. After that, it is smeared with sauce, trying not to use it in large quantities so that it does not soak the dough. Spread the stuffing on top, sprinkle with cheese and return the cake to the oven, where it is baked until the filling is ready.
Shortbread dough for pizza in butter
Composition:
- wheat flour - 150 g;
- butter - 100 g;
- chicken egg yolk - 1 pc .;
- sour cream - 50 ml;
- salt - a large shchip.
Method of preparation:
- Remove the oil from the refrigerator in advance so that it can become soft by the time the dough is prepared.
- Put the butter in a bowl, mash it with a fork.
- Break the egg, separating the yolk from the protein. Protein for the preparation of this version of the test is not required. It must be placed in a clean, dry container and placed in a refrigerator so that later it can be used to prepare other dishes.
- Add egg yolk to butter. Salt them. Beat with a fork or a whisk.
- Add sour cream, whisk it with other ingredients.
- Sift flour. Spread it over handfuls of the prepared liquid base and mix the products thoroughly to prevent the formation of lumps.
- After adding the last handful of flour, transfer the dough onto the floured work surface of the table and complete the process of kneading the dough with your hands.
- Wrap the dough with cling film and store for 30-60 minutes in the refrigerator.
After a specified time, you can easily form a thin pizza base from the cooked dough. It will turn out tender, crumbly, tasty even without a filling.
Pizza dough on margarine
Composition:
- wheat flour - 0, 3 kg;
- margarine - 150 g;
- sugar - 20 g;
- salt - 5 g;
- sour cream - 20 ml;
- chicken egg - 1 pc.
Method of preparation:
- Put the margarine out of the refrigerator one hour before the start of the pizza dough, so that it can soften.
- Put the margarine in a bowl, mix with sugar, whisk or even with a mixer.
- Break an egg into a bowl with margarine, add sour cream. Whisk the products together.
- Sift flour. Add the pieces in a container with other ingredients and stir them until smooth, knead the dough. At the first stages it is better to knead the dough using a spatula or a mixer, setting a special nozzle for it on the dough. If you do not minimize the shortbread contact with your hands, it may turn out to be too oily, it will become difficult to work with it.
- At the last stage, quickly finish kneading the dough with your hands, roll it into a ball, put it in a plastic bag and store it for about an hour in the main refrigerator chamber.
The dough for this recipe is plastic, with a soft, crumbly, but at the same time not too fragile base.
Shortcake pizza dough in mayonnaise
Composition:
- wheat flour - 0, 25 kg;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- margarine or butter - 80 g;
- mayonnaise - 50 ml;
- baking powder for dough - 5 g;
- salt - a large shchip.
Method of preparation:
- Melt the butter in a microwave or in a water bath. You can also melt the product over low heat, but it is important not to let it boil.
- Allow the oil to cool to room temperature or close to it.
- In the bowl, break the egg, add salt and mayonnaise to it, whisk it with a whisk.
- Without stopping the beater, pour in the melted butter.
- Sift flour and mix it with baking powder.
- Pour the flour into a bowl with other ingredients, stir them with a spatula. Complete the kneading process with your hands.
- Put the dough in a plastic bag and store in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
The dough for this recipe is plastic, almost everyone likes the taste of the pizza made from it, and the cost is relatively inexpensive.
Sandwich pizza dough is easy to prepare. Mixing it will take no more than 20 minutes, but you will have to wait a bit until it cools down. The sand base is suitable for making Italian pie with any filling, but it can not be greased with a large amount of sauce.
