no-knead pizza dough

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Ingredients

• 7 1/2 cups all purpose flour plus more for shaping dough
• 4 tsps fine sea salt
• 1/2 tsp active dry yeast

Details

Adapted from handletheheat.com

Preparation

Step 1

Whisk flour, salt, and yeast in a medium bowl, While stirring with a wooden spoon, gradually add 3 cups of water, stir until well incorporated. Mix Dough gently with your hands to bring it together and form into a rough ball. Transfer to a large clean bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let dough rise at room temperature (about 72 degrees) in a draft-free area until surface is covered with tiny bubbles and dough has more than doubled in size, about 18 hours (time will vary depending on the temperature of the room).

Transfer dough to a floured work surface. Gently shape into a rough rectangle. Divide into 6 equal portions. Working with 1 portion at a time, gather 4 corners to center to create 4 folds. Turn seam side down and mold gently into a ball. Dust dough with flour; set aside on work surface or a floured baking sheet. Repeat with remaining portions.

Let dough rest, covered with plastic wrap or damp kitchen towel, until soft and pliable, about one hour.

Do Ahead: Can be made 3 days ahead. Wrap each dough ball separately in plastic wrap and chill. Unwrap and let rest at room temperature on a lightly floured work surface, covered with the plastic wrap, for 2 -3 hours before shaping.

To make the pizzas

during the last hour of dough's resting, prepare over: if using a pizza stone, arrange a rack in upper third of oven and place stone on rack; preheat over to its hottest setting, 500 - 550. (you do not need to preheat the baking sheet.)

Working with 1 dough ball at a time, dust dough generously with flour and place on a floured work surface. Gently shape dough into a 10" - 12" disk.

If using a pizza stone

When ready to bake, increase oven heat to broil. Sprinkle a pizza peel or rimless (or inverted rimmed) baking sheet lightly with flour. Place dough on prepared peel and top with desired toppings.

Using small, quick back-and-forth movements, slide pizza from peel onto hot pizza stone. Broil pizza, rotating halfway, until bottom of crust is crisp and top is blistered, 5 - 7 minutes.

Using peel, transfer to a work surface to slice. Repeat, allowing pizza stone to reheat under broiler for 5 minutes between pizzas.

If using a baking sheet

Arrange dough disk on baking sheet; top with desired toppings. Bake pizza until bottom os crust is crisp and top is blistered, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a work surface to slice. Repeat with remaining pizzas.