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Pizza dough
Flour, water, salt and yeast: that is all a pizza dough needs. The rest is time and temperature.
Questions about pizza dough
Ingredients, yeast, rising, and how long pizza dough keeps in the fridge and the freezer.
- Can pizza dough go bad?Yes. Wrapped airtight, pizza dough keeps for up to 2 days in the fridge and 2 to 3 months in the freezer.
- Does pizza dough have raw eggs or milk in it?No. The base ingredients of pizza dough are flour, water, yeast and salt. Some recipes add eggs or milk, but most do not.
- What types of yeast can I use for pizza dough?Active dry yeast, instant yeast and fresh yeast all work. Which one is best comes down to personal preference.
- Why is my pizza dough not rising?Usually one of five things: the water, the yeast, the salt, the kneading or the rising temperature.
- Is pizza dough the same as bread dough?Not quite. Both are made from flour, water, salt and yeast, but the ratios, the kneading, the rising time and the baking are different.
