How to Make Sicilian Pizza Dough

For those of you that love pizza, this recipe will be one of the best you have ever tried. This has been sent down, straight from my great-grandmother, who is from Sicily, Italy. Enjoy!

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. 1 tablespoon of Yeast (Red Star works the best)

2. 1 1/2 cups of warm water.

3. 1/2 tablespoons of sugar. Stir all three ingredients together.

4. Allow the yeast, water and sugar to set for 5 -10 minutes.

5. 3/4 cup of flour. Add flour slowly and stir while adding. Continue until it looks like 'mud.' You may need to add a little extra.

6. Stir until it is smooth and all of the clumps are out and let it set for one minute.

7. 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil.

8. 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add both into the dough and stir.

9. Add more flour. This will be up to your discretion. It needs to be until the dough does not stick to the bowl.

10. Knead the dough until it turns into a ball. Put a towel over the top and let it set so that it can rise.

11. Place oil on a sheet (cookie sheets work well).

12. Even out the dough over the sheet. Add sauce and ingredients as desired.

13. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until the crust becomes brown around the edges.

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on 3/27/2008 Thank you for this. Sounds good and not too difficult.