Italian-style pizza dough made with a poolish
An Italian-style pizza dough: a poolish prepared the day before, followed by a hydrated dough kneaded in batches, divided into 5 dough balls and allowed t…
Italian pizza dough is the perfect starting point for a delicious meal. Here’s how to prepare it with Belgian passion and care.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time30 min
- Cook time—
- Resting14 hr 45 min
- Total15 hr 15 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodkneading
- Estimated cost$3.22 $0.64 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
Ingredients
people
Poolish (prepared the night before)
- $0.04
- $0.06
- $0.48
Dough
- $0.13
- $1.00
- $0.74
- $0.77
Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- The day before, mix the poolish ingredients in the correct order and let it rest in the refrigerator in a sealed container overnight.
- Whisk the poolish in 350 ml of water. Add half of the flour, then the remaining flour mixed with the salt, and mix with a wooden spoon. ≈ 4 min
- Turn the dough out onto a clean work surface. Roll the edges inward, folding them towards the center and pressing; repeat until no flour remains. Cover with the bowl, turned upside down, for 15 minutes.
- Grease your hands, lift the dough from the center, let it fold over itself, and rest it; repeat several times.
- Let it rest for 30 minutes in the bowl.
- With oiled hands, divide the dough into 5 portions and shape them into rounds. Coat the bottoms of each with semolina, place them on a baking sheet, oil the tops, and cover with plastic wrap.
- After about 2 hours of rising, the dough is ready to be rolled out.
The bill
Italian-style pizza dough made with a poolish
- 5 g of dry yeast or 10g of fresh yeast$0.04
- 5 grams of honey$0.06
- 300 g of flour$0.48
- 16 grams of salt$0.13
- 625 grams of flour$1.00
- olive oil for hands$0.74
- Fine semolina for the base of the pasta$0.77
Total$3.22
that's $0.64 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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