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Can I freeze pizza dough?

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mineallmine · 01/02/2015 23:09

I made my first ever homemade pizza dough with my brand spanking new Kenwood Kmix. The pizzas were a great success but having to leave the dough to prove for an hour means it could only be a Saturday dinner in this house. Does anyone know if the dough can be frozen? I thought maybe I could roll the dough into bases and freeze them?

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SingingBear · 01/02/2015 23:13

Yes it can. I've frozen lumps of dough, then just defrosted, shaped and used and it was fine.

mineallmine · 01/02/2015 23:13

Fantastic, thanks!

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canyou · 01/02/2015 23:13

i roll out parbake and freeze, or it can last wrapped in a cold fridge for 24 hrs

justabigdisco · 01/02/2015 23:15

Hijacking - do you prove it first and then freeze? And then do you just defrost and roll out and use, or does it somehow need proving again?

thenumberseven · 02/02/2015 09:58

You prove. Punch down and proceed to freeze by chosen method.

There are several ways to freeze. If you don't have much room in freezer you freeze in well wrapped lumps, problem is you then need to defrost before rolling out.

You can roll out before freezing, flash freeze and then stack up putting waxed paper between each pizza base and then wrapping in foil or cling film. This way you don't need to defrost. Just put topping on and into oven.
You can parbake as canyou suggests above.
If you have made sauce for the topping and don't want to waste it you can parbake spread with sauce, freeze each pizza seperately and once frozen wrap well. This method is very convenient. You just pull out of the freezer and while oven heats arrange topping and pop into oven.

canyou · 02/02/2015 10:46

actually just realised I parbake as it is a wheat free dough and unlike wheat dough it gets too sticky when defrosted for me to be arsed rolling out and I am lazy
I miss wheatSad Grin

tb · 02/02/2015 21:14

Sometimes it needs a little more yeast if you're going to freeze it, as when it thaws out, it doesn't rise as well.

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