Pizza Base- Wholewheat

Pizza Base from whole wheat flour at home

I'm putting down a delectable recipe of everyone's favorite food's base- pizza base, that you can easily make at home! And this recipe has only whole wheat flour, so it's also a healthy variant, as if we need any motivation to cook & eat pizza!  For those of you who prefer thin crust pizza, this recipe is it! This has been tried and tested and if you correctly follow it, you are unlikely to go wrong!

But before we get to the recipe I'd like to share some tips so that you arrive at the perfect pizza at the end:

1. To get a good dough, make sure the yeast is not too old

2. When you keep the dough aside for an hour, keep it in a warm place like an oven (humidity and warm temperature work best with yeast). Proper fermentation is the key to a good pizza

3. Knocking the dough removes all the uneven air bubbles. This helps in uniform rising of the bread which gives it a better texture

4. You can also prepare the pizza base in advance and use it when required. Pizza base can last up to 2 days in the refrigerator 

5. Self-raising flour is not recommended for pizza bases. It's supposed to be used for cakes, cookies or pancakes. You may use all purpose flour or whole wheat flour or a combination of both

Ingredients

Pizza Base (Makes 3 7" bases)

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 tsp dry yeast

1 tsp sugar

1 tbsp olive oil

2 tbsp lukewarm water

Salt to taste

Whole wheat flour for rolling

Water for kneading

Damp cloth, muslin preferred

Making the Pizza Base

1. Combine 2 tbsp lukewarm water with sugar and yeast in a small bowl and mix well. Cover with lid and keep aside for 5 minutes. It should get bubbly or frothy. If it doesn't, then throw this mixture and restart

2. Combine the whole wheat flour, yeast mixture, olive oil and salt in a deep bowl. Knead into a soft dough using enough water. The dough might be a little sticky to begin with but keep kneading and it'll become smooth

3. Cover the dough with a damp muslin cloth and keep aside for 1 hour. The dough may or may not double in size depending on the climatic conditions. In cold temperatures, you can keep the dough in pre-heated oven at 45°C

4. Remove the cloth after an hour and press the dough slightly to remove the air

5. Divide the dough into 3 equal portions

6. Dust some flour on the platform and use a rolling pin to make pizza bases from the dough balls

7. Prick each pizza base with a fork and transfer onto the parchment paper. 

8. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C

Additionally, you can refer to my pizza sauce recipe here. You may also refer to my pizza from scratch recipe. 

Do let me know how your pizza base was! Chat with me, share your food pictures on instagram, @thevegfooodie