Pizza Dough

Mix yeast, water and sugar together in a measuring jug. Leave for 10 minutes for the yeast to activate.

Add flour, Italian herbs and salt in the bowl of stand mixer

Once yeast is foamy, add to the flour and salt. Also add the olive oil and milk.

Knead the dough with dough hook for about 5-10 min until you have a smooth ball of dough.

Lightly flour your work surface.

Take the dough out of the bowl, it should be a pretty clean bowl.

Knead the dough a little bit and form it into a ball

Oil the bowl with some olive oil and put the dough back. Cover with plastic wrap.

Place the bowl in a warm space, for example in the oven, turned off of course. Let it double in size. This takes between 1-2 hours usually.

Once the dough is doubled in size, deflate the dough and divide in 3 or 4 equal pieces.

Preheat oven to 230 degrees Celsius

Roll into balls and then, with a rolling pin or your hands, form the start a pizza base to your liking.

Sprinkle some semolina on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and place the round disc on top of it.

Spread the dough using your fingertips until you have a nice round pizza base.

Add pizza sauce with toppings to your liking

Bake the pizza in the preheated oven for about 10-15 minutes or until the pizza has a nice golden brown colour.