There are enough occasions that call for a delicious pizza. The topping is quick, as is the baking, but the yeast dough takes time. So that the expensive delivery service is not always used, frozen pizza dough is a really practical thing.

Excess dough can be frozen

What are the advantages of frozen pizza dough?

If you like pizza, you have a wide range of options. Four factors play a decisive role in this:

  • quality
  • taste
  • own time expenditure
  • price

If one or more of these factors speak for a homemade pizza, the realization with frozen pizza dough can succeed more often.

  • saves time in preparation
  • serves as an "unassigned" basis
  • allows individually created pizzas

The two ways to frozen pizza dough

When and how you fill your freezer with pizza dough is up to you. Fresh dough that is kneaded and left to rise according to all the rules of the art is not so casual. That's why there are two ways to get fresh dough for the freezer.

You can prepare pizza dough extra for the freezer and freeze in portions. If you have time and muse, for example on a day off, you can do this.

You can get pizza dough for the freezer more easily and without much extra effort if you simply prepare more dough the next time you make a pizza. You can immediately turn part of the dough into a delicious pizza. The rest goes in the freezer.

Prepare pizza dough

Plan enough time so that the pizza dough can be prepared in peace as specified in the recipe.

  1. Prepare the pizza dough according to the recipe.
  2. Let the dough rise.
  3. You can shape the dough into balls and freeze them like this or roll them out straight away, ready for a pizza.
  4. Roll out the pizza dough and portion as needed.
  5. Put each piece in a freezer bag and then roll it out thinly with a rolling pin.
  6. Seal the bag airtight and place in the freezer.

tips

You can also roll out the pizza dough before freezing if you prefer.

durability

Frozen pizza dough should be turned into a delicious pizza within three months.

Defrost pizza dough

Gentle thawing is best done overnight in the refrigerator. The dough can be processed further the following day.

If the pizza dough has already been rolled out thinly and frozen, defrosting is much faster. Remove the pizza crust from the freezer bag and place on a baking sheet to defrost. Then you can cover the base with your favorite topping and finish baking.

Conclusion for fast readers:

  • Pros: Saves money and time on pizza baking; Can be converted into an individual pizza creation at any time
  • Storage: prepare a large amount of pizza dough for the freezer and freeze it in portions
  • Alternatively: the next time you bake a pizza, make more dough and freeze part of it
  • Preparation: Prepare the pizza dough according to the recipe and let it rise
  • Portioning: form pieces of dough into balls and freeze in freezer bags
  • Portioning: Alternatively, roll out the pizza dough, divide and place in bags; Unroll again and freeze covered
  • Tip: You can also roll out the pizza dough if you prefer
  • Shelf life: Frozen pizza dough can be used within three months
  • Defrosting: Defrost the pizza dough overnight in the refrigerator and then process it further
  • Flat pizza dough: it comes straight onto the baking sheet; can be occupied after a short defrosting time

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