Frozen Pizza Dough Ball Recipe

Frozen Pizza Dough Ball Recipe

Frozen Pizza Dough Ball Recipe

Sunrise Flour Mill

Cuisine

Italian

Category

pizza

We have been pre-making dough balls for years! We make a large batch of pizza dough, portion it into individual dough balls/crusts, and freeze them. When a hankering for homemade pizza rolls around, we pull the dough balls out of the freezer for a delicious, nutritious and convenient meal.


Frozen pizza dough balls with a bag of heritage pizza flour

Ingredients

  • 1000g Sunrise Flour Mill Heritage Pizza Flour
  • 2 Tbsp dry active yeast
  • 1 Tbsp sea salt
  • 650g of warm water (no chlorine)

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, measure the flour. Add the salt and mix to disperse. In a separate bowl, add the yeast to the warm water (75-80F). Mix to disburse lumps. Let sit for a few minutes or until foamy on the top.

  2. Add the yeast mixture into the flour mixture.

  3. With a dough hook, knead on slow to medium speed for 7 minutes, or knead by hand for 10 minutes.

  4. Place dough in a large oiled bowl, turn once so the dough is coated, and cover with plastic wrap or a silicone bowl cover. Place in a warm spot and allow to bulk proof until it doubles in size.

  5. The proofing time will vary; it may double in a couple hours if the ambient temperature is 70F+. The cooler the ambient temperature, the longer it will take to double. Here are some proofing tips.

  6. After the bulk proof, punch the dough down and portion into the individual dough balls. This recipe will make about (5) twelve ounce dough balls. Each dough ball will make a 12 inch thin crust pizza.

  7. Shape into taut round dough balls and place onto a baking sheet. Place the baking sheet into the freezer.

  8. When frozen solid after about 4-6 hours, transfer dough balls to a plastic bag and put back in the freezer.

  9. The dough balls should be good for 4-6 weeks.

  10. To thaw take out of freezer several hours before you plan to use depending on the ambient temperature. Again, warm means quicker, cold means slow, just like proofing.


Why Heritage Wheat?

Most flour is milled from modern conventional wheat varieties developed specifically for increased yield. Heritage wheat is what came before them, and it behaves like a different ingredient.

  • Older wheat

    Turkey Red and White Sonora are pre-1950s varieties, not the modern varieties most flour is milled from. Many find heritage wheat easier to digest.

  • Milled in small batches

    Milled in Minnesota and shipped within days, with the milling date printed on every bag.

  • Nothing added

    Certified organic and non-GMO, grown without glyphosate, never bleached or bromated.

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Heritage flour bags with a sourdough loaf, pancakes and pizza on a floured wooden table

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