Pizza dough on kefir

Pizza has come to us from Italian cuisine, but it has long ceased to seem like an overseas dish. Pizzerias are in almost every more or less large settlement. Many of our compatriots order pizza delivered to their home or work, when they want a quick and tasty snack. Mistress learned to do it yourself. The most difficult thing in this process is to bake a thin and tasty base. Many cooks prefer to make pizza dough on kefir. Such a basis for an Italian open cake turns out to be tender and tasty, suitable for any filling.

Cooking Features

Pizza dough on kefir is easy to prepare, especially if you choose yeast-free option. However, without knowing some of the subtleties of the result may not meet the expectations of the chef.

For pizza, you must take the highest-grade flour. In low-grade flour there is not enough gluten, it has a dark color, and pastry from it turns out unappetizing, sometimes even has an unpleasant taste.
Kefir for making pizza dough can take any fat. If it is sour, this is not a problem. It is important that it is not cold, so it is taken out of the refrigerator in advance. Sometimes this is not enough, and kefir has to be heated. This can be done only on a water or steam bath and for a short time, otherwise the fermented milk product will be curtailed, turning into cottage cheese and whey.
When cooking yeast-free dough on kefir, baking powder or soda must be added to it. To extinguish it with vinegar is not necessary, since the acid contained in kefir will be enough to neutralize it, but some housewives prefer to extinguish soda anyway.
When preparing yeast dough on kefir, make sure that the room is warm, do not allow drafts. Otherwise, the dough will not rise and may fall.
The pizza base can be liquid and thick. On the liquid filling spread immediately, baking all together. The dough cake is baked separately, then the filling is spread on it and baked additionally. Otherwise, the dough may not have time to bake.
A good idea would be to add Italian spicy herbs and spices to the pizza dough.

Bake the pizza dough in the preheated oven. In an electric temperature is enough 190-200 degrees, in a gas oven, it should be slightly higher.

Classic recipe for pizza dough on kefir

Composition:

wheat flour - 0, 35 kg;
chicken egg - 1 pc .;
salt - 3 g;
soda - 3 g;
sugar - a pinch;
kefir - 120 ml;
olive oil - 20 ml (can be replaced with the usual refined).

Method of preparation:

Sift flour and mix with soda.
Kefir is slightly heated in a microwave or in a water bath.
Add sugar and butter to kefir, mix.
In a separate container break the egg, salt it, stir it with a fork.
Connect the egg with kefir, stir until smooth.
Begin pouring the flour in parts and stirring the mass with a spoon.
When stirring the dough with a spoon will be hard, add the remaining flour and knead the dough with your hands. The process of kneading dough can be completed only when it ceases to stick to the hands.
Roll the dough into a bowl, place in a bowl, cover with a napkin and leave for half an hour at room temperature.

The finished dough is rolled into a 1-1.5 cm thick layer, put into a preheated oven for 5-10 minutes, then pierced in several places with a fork, returned to the oven and baked until ready for 10-20 minutes. Baking time depends on the thickness of the layer and the temperature in the oven.