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3
POINTS
per
serving
Ingredients:
2 Packages yeast
2 teaspoons sugar
4 cups flour -- or more if needed
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup olive oil -- if available, extra virgin
1 1/2 cups warm water
Instructions:
Put yeast and sugar in a cup. Add 1/2 cup of water.
The water should be between 100 and 110 degrees.
Mix well. Wait about 5 minutes for the yeast and
sugar to activate.
In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, salt, olive
oil, 1 cup of warm water and the
yeast mixture. Mix this with a fork to get all
the liquid absorbed by the flour.
Place a handful of flour on a pastry board or
mixing surface. Dust your hands and
spread out the flour. Empty the contents of the
bowl on to the flour.
Knead the dough for 8-10 minutes or until the
texture is smooth and uniform.
If the dough seems a little sticky, add a little
more flour. One method to knead, is
lean on the dough with the palm of your hand.
Press the dough to the mixing surface.
Fold the dough and repeat.
Place the dough in a bowl and drizzle with olive
oil. Place bowl in draft free area
and cover with a cloth.
Let the dough rise for about an hour. Punch down
the dough and wait about 45 minutes.
Dough is now ready. Cut the dough in half.
Dust a rolling pin with flour and roll out on
a floured pastry board until the
dough is the desired shape. Keep using flour,
so the dough won't stick.
Dust a cookie sheet with corn meal. (Oil will
work ok, but the dough will be greasy.)
Use a spatula and slide the dough onto the cookie
sheet.
If you have a peel, assemble pizza on a peel dusted
with corn meal.
Then use the peel to place the pizza on the pre-heated
pizza stone.
The more you make dough the easier it will become.
Don't get discouraged if it seems difficult the
first time.
NOTES : (Makes 2 pizzas or calzones)(Or 4 thin
Neapolitan style pizzas!)
Yield:
16 servings
3 POINTS per serving
Nutritional
Information:
Per serving: 148 Calories (kcal); 4g Total Fat;
(22% calories from fat); 4g Protein;
25g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 135mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat;
0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Fat;
0 Other Carbohydrates
Source:
www.pizzatherapy.com
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