Italy's healthiest pizza dough! Learn how to make a tasty spelt pizza dough recipe with one of Italy's ancient grains. Soft inside and crispy outside. It will change your mind about whole grain pizza dough!
1 large mixing bowl or stand mixer with a dough hook
2 baking sheets 16" x 12" (30 cm x 20 cm) - or one larger pan
Ingredients
18ozwhole grain spelt flour"farina di farro" in Italian
3.5ozbread flouror all-purpose flour
5ozsemolina flour
1tbspfine salt
2gdry yeast
2cupswater
Instructions
Make the Dough
Combine all of the flours and the yeast in a large mixing bowl or stand mixer.
Add the water and mix until the dough is shaggy. Mix in the salt.
Knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic
Let dough rest (covered) for 30 minutes.
Fold the dough like a letter, then like a book. Continue these folds until the dough can no longer be folded.
First Dough Rise
Cover and let the dough rise for 4 hours. Place the dough in a container that is the same shape as the shape of your final baking tray. So, choose a rectangular container if you want to bake your pizza as a rectangle.
Second Dough Rise
Lightly flour a work surface. Let the risen dough fall onto the work surface, keeping its shape. Divide the pizza dough in two (if making two pizzas).
Stretch each piece of dough to the size of the baking tray. Use your fingertips to press around the entire outside of the dough. Then use your fingertips to press inside to stretch the dough out. Shake off any loose flour...Transfer each piece of stretched dough to a baking tray. Adjust the dough to fill the tray. Cover both trays (with plastic wrap, damp tea towel or a container). Let the dough rise another 3 hours.
Bake the Pizza
Preheat the oven (static) to 575° F (300° C). Bake the pizzas one at a time, in the lower ⅓ of the oven. Or, bake directly on a baking stone sitting on the bottom of the oven floor. Add any toppings you'd like (except cheese or ingredients that should remain fresh). Bake for 9 minutes.
Add any cheese and return to the oven until golden— about 3 minutes.
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Notes
How to Use a Baking Stone (for this recipe)To use a baking stone to bake your pizza, place the baking stone on the oven floor or on a rack in the lower 1/3 of the oven. Preheat the stone as the oven preheats. Place the baking tray with the pizza directly on the stone. This should provide an even, high-heat bake.