3. Fail-Proof Pizza Dough and Cheesy Garlic Bread Sticks
Ingredients
For pizza dough:
- 1 cup of warm water
- 2 ¼ tsps of active dry yeast
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsps salt
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 3 cups of bread flour
For garlic breadsticks:
- Half the dough created from pizza dough recipe
- 2 tbsps salted butter, softened
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese, grated
- Salt and pepper for seasoning
Instructions
- First for the pizza dough. In a large bowl, stir the yeast and sugar into the warm water. Leave it to stand for approximately 10 minutes or until the mix begins to foam.
- Add to the mixture the salt, olive oil and half of the flour and give it a good mix.
- Gradually add in the remaining flour and mix it in until you have a dough that is a bit tacky but doesn’t stick to your hands.
- Knead the dough for 6 minutes. Your arms may well start hurting but do persist!
- When needed, place dough in a greased bowl and cover it. Leave it to rise for between 1-2 hours. It can then be used as and when you need it.
- Next for the breadsticks. Mix the garlic and butter in a bowl and leave for later.
- Spread the dough (half of what you made earlier) into a 12 inch circle on a baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper.
- Spread the butter and garlic on top of the dough and then sprinkle on the parmesan and mozzarella. Season with salt and pepper.
- Bake in an oven pre-heated to 260C for 10 minutes. When removed from the oven leave to cool for 2 minutes. Then cut into thin strips to resemble breadsticks.