Outdoor Oven Pizza

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon (12 g) sugar
• 1 tablespoon (9 g) instant heat or active dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon (18 g) salt
• 2 cups (454 g) lukewarm water
• 2 tablespoons (25 g) olive oil
• 5 1/2 to 6 cups (660 g to 720 g) Pizza Blend Flour

Directions

1. Dissolve sugar, yeast, and salt in lukewarm water.
2. Add olive oil.
3. Add 5 1/2 cups Pizza Blend Flour, adding more as necessary to make a soft dough.
4. Knead by hand until smooth and elastic, about 7 to 10 minutes.
5. Place in a lightly greased bowl, cover, set near a sunny window, and let rise for 1 to 2 hours.
6. Gently deflate dough and divide into four pieces for medium thick crust, three pieces for thicker crust.
7. Roll, press, or stretch each piece into 12 inch round.
8. Let rest several times to relax the dough and make it more tractable.
9. Dust pizza peel with cornmeal and place round on peel.
10. Brush each crust with olive oil.
11. Spread sauce lightly over surface and add toppings.
12. Sprinkle with grated cheese.
13. Heat outdoor oven so the surface registers 600 degrees.
14. Transfer pizza from peel to stone in oven
15. Monitor closely and turn pizza a necessary to get even cooking
16. Pizza will cook very quickly – several minutes per turn
17. Transfer pizza to cooling rack and cool for 10 minutes.