Basic Pizza Dough

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2005

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Emeril's Pizza Party

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (7)

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COMMENTS & REVIEWS(7)

Prep Time:
15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
dough for 2 (12-inch) pizzas

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 20 min
Cook: --
Total:: 1 hr 35 min

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Ingredients

1 package active dry yeast
2 teaspoons sugar
1 cup warm water (110 degrees F)
1/4 cup lard or vegetable shortening
3 to 4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
Olive oil

Directions

In an electric mixing bowl, whisk the yeast, sugar, water and lard together to make a paste. Add the flour and salt and mix, using a dough hook, until the dough comes away from the sides and crawls up the dough hook. Remove the dough from the bowl. Grease the bowl with olive oil and place the dough back in the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and divide dough in half. Roll the dough into balls, cover, and let the dough rest for 15 to 20 minutes. The dough is ready to be shaped.

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recipe Basic Pizza Dough
KELLY Mandeville, LA 01-25-2009
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Best Pizza Crust!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've tried several other recipes for crust and this one is by far the best. It tastes better than most restaurant pizzas... I've had. I used the techniques Emeril suggested on the show and the pizza was crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. Perfect!Read more
recipe Basic Pizza Dough
Anonymous 06-08-2007
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Easy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Fast and good
recipe Basic Pizza Dough
Anonymous 01-15-2007
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Pizza Dough
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Overall an excellent recipe.
recipe Basic Pizza Dough
Anonymous 01-11-2007
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Shortening and pizza don't mix
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I was curious how shortening would taste in a pizza dough. The dough looked like regular pizza dough, both raw and cooked,... and smelled great. Unfortunately, the pizza crust was somewhere between pizza and pie crust. I'll go back to a regular recipe with just water, yeast, salt, and flour.Read more
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kayle Waterford, MI 10-25-2006
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pizza
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

i love pizza so if i try this recipe and the pizza is great i alienfish,will rate it.....5!
recipe Basic Pizza Dough
Joseph Hackettstown, NJ 02-28-2006
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Bread Dough
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Quick & Easy. Tastes GREAT and add seasonings to the mix to add more taste.