Homemade Parmesan Basil Pizza Dough

What makes homemade pizza awesome? That would be homemade dough! I’m sharing a recipe for a homemade pizza dough made with Parmesan and fresh basil.

Pizza is one of my husband’s favorite meals. I won’t lie, I love it too. Our favorite is New York style pizza but it’s pretty hard to find a really good take out, NY style pizza here. Hubby is so very picky about his pizza though, that I decided to try making it myself instead of spending $20 for something he wouldn’t love.

After I made my own pizza dough the first time, he really liked it. Of course, I don’t think that it was as good as a true NY pizza, but I came pretty darn close. Since then, I started experimenting with dough flavors as well. Parmesan is one of our favorite flavors for crust and his favorite cheese. No joke, he could put Parmesan on a shoe and eat it. My basil is also growing like a weed now, so I added some fresh basil. It turned out awesome!

Homemade Parmesan Basil Pizza Dough

I'm sharing a recipe for a homemade pizza dough made with Parmesan and fresh basil.

5 from 3 votes

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Course: dinner, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Time for dough to raise:: 2 hours hours

Total Time: 2 hours hours 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

Calories: 120kcal

Author: Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 cup warm water about 120°
• ▢ 1/4 oz packet of active dry yeast
• ▢ 1 tsp honey
• ▢ 2 tbsp olive oil
• ▢ 2 1/2 -3 cups all purpose flour may need a little extra for dusting of surface
• ▢ 1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
• ▢ 10 basil leaves minced
• ▢ 1 tsp salt
• ▢ Little bit of olive oil to rub on the bowl
• ▢ Yellow cornmeal for baking

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Instructions

• Place the active dry yeast in a large mixing bowl. Add warm water, honey and olive oil. Stir well and let it bloom for about 5 minutes.
• Add 2 cups of flour, salt, Parmesan cheese and minced basil. Mix the dough with a wooden spoon at first and then use your bands until ingredients are combined. Add the other 1/2 cup of flour and knead the dough until combined.
• Lightly flour some counter surface and transfer your dough onto the floured surface (if dough is too sticky, you may need to add a little bit more flour (about 1/4 cup.)) Knead the dough until smooth. It will take about 2-3 minutes.
• Rub a clean bowl with some olive oil and place the dough in it. Cover the bowl with saran wrap and let it rise in a warm place (away from draft or AC is fine) until doubled in size, about 1- 1 1/2 hours.
• When ready, take out the dough and knead it for about a minute until smooth. Let the dough rest for about 20 minutes while you preheat your oven. (400 degrees)
• (If you are not baking it right away, cover it air- tight and refrigerate.)
• Roll out the dough and place it onto a pizza stone that has been sprinkled with cornmeal. (You can use any pizza baking sheet)
• Add toppings of your choice and bake for 20-25 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 120kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 402mg | Potassium: 39mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 80IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 1mg

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