Italian Pizza Recipes - Spicy Pizza Dough (Pasta di Pizza Piccante) Recipe

Ingredients        

• Oil for greasing

• 100 g/4 oz/1 cup self-raising (self rising) flour

• 100 g/4 oz/1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour

• 5 ml/1 tsp paprika

• 5 ml/1 tsp cayenne

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 5 ml/1 tsp easy-blend dried yeast

• 5 ml/1 tsp olive oil

• 150 ml/2/3 cup hand-hot water

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Method:

1. Grease a large pizza tin (pan) with the oil. Place the flours in a mixing bowl and stir in the paprika and cayenne.

2. Season with salt and pepper and stir in the yeast. Add the oil and blend in half the water, adding more if necessary, and mix thoroughly to form a firm dough.

3. Press the dough into a 25 cm/10 in circle and put in the greased tin.

4. Cover with Clingfilm (plastic wrap) and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes until the dough has risen.

5. The pizza base is now ready to add the topping.