1. HOW TO MAKE A
PIZZA
Sam
Cepeda
STEPBYSTEPGUIDE

2. INGREDIENTS
Pizza Dough:
 Bread flour (250g)
 Salt (1 teaspoon)
 Sugar (1 teaspoon)
 Yeast (3.5g)
 Lukewarm water (160ml)
 Virgin olive oil (1 tablespoon)
Pizza Topping:
 Cheese (preferably
mozzarella or parmesan)
 Tomato sauce or tomato
concentrate
 Optional- Another topping of
your choice (mushrooms,
pineapple, ham)
 Optional- Basil leaves
*For two pizzas

3. EQUIPMENT
 Rolling pin
 Measuring spoons
 Scale
 Fork
 Bowl
 Baking tray
 Measuring cup/jug
 Pizza cutter/wheel
 Cloth
 Oven

4. STEP 1
 Prepare pizza ingredients and equipment
 Clean working space (table), and wash hands with soap.
*Don’t wear nail polish when making pizza, as the colour
comes off while kneading the dough

5. STEP 2
 Measure all ingredients to
exact amount (see ingredients
slide)
*When measuring the yeast and
flour, put the measuring cup on
the scale before turning it on

6. STEP 3
 Warm the water (160ml) to 37˚c

7. STEP 4
 Sieve the flour and salt in a bowl to make sure there are
no lumps
 Make a well in the middle

8. STEP 5
 Mix the yeast, olive oil and sugar with the water in a jug
*The yeast will start to foam after 4-5 minutes

9. STEP 6
 After the yeast foams, pour the yeast into the well

10. STEP 7
 Mix the flour and yeast well
 Bring the flour in from the sides, and swirl it into the liquid
 Add small amount of flour at time, so the dough won’t become
too sticky or too dry
*Use one hand to mix the flour and yeast, and keep the other hand
clean to add flour if needed

11. STEP 8
 Knead the dough (this takes
lots of strength)
 Pull the dough out, then pull it
back
 Knead until the dough’s soft,
smooth and springy
*When you touch/poke the
dough, it should bounce back

12. STEP 9
 Use a damp cloth to the cover the dough, make sure
there’s no water left in the cloth
 Leave the dough to prove for about an hour in a warm
place
* “Prove” means to leave it to grow

13. STEP 10
 After an hour, take the dough out and knead it around to push
the air out
*This process is called “knock the air out”

14. STEP 11
 Add flour to the table and the rolling pin
 Use the rolling pin to roll out the dough into shape
 Sprinkle the dough with flour, make sure the surface is even
with no holes
*The yeast is still growing when you’re rolling the dough out

15. STEP 12
 Use a tablespoon of oil and oil the baking tray
 Roll the dough onto the baking tray

16. STEP 13
 Use a fork to poke the dough after it’s on the baking tray
* This lets the air out

17. STEP 14
 Put the dough in the oven to crisp the crust
 This only takes about 5 minutes

18. STEP 15
 Spread the tomato sauce on
the base
*Mark out the crust

19. STEP 16
 Add the cheese by sprinkling
it over the tomato sauce
 Add any other topping of your
choice over the cheese

20. STEP 17
 Preheat the oven 10 minutes before baking pizza
 Set the oven to around 200˚c
 Bake your pizza
*Be careful not to overcook!

21. STEP 18
 Take your pizza out of the oven when it’s ready
 Slice up your pizza using the pizza cutter/wheel or
a knife

22. STEP 19