Basic Pizza Dough

Ingredients:
4 1/2 cups bread flour
1 3/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon instant yeast
1/4 cup olive oil
1 3/4 cups water (ice cold)
1 T sugar
cornmeal (or semolina flour) for dusting

Preparing the dough:
Mix the flour, salt and yeast in a large bowl. Add the oil, water and sugar and mix until it forms a sticky ball of dough. Knead on a clean surface for 5-7 minutes adding flour if it is too wet or water if it is too dry. Cut the dough into three pieces and form them into balls. Place the dough balls on a pan, spray them with oil and cover them with plastic.

Place the dough in the fridge and let it rest overnight or up to three days.

Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and form it into discs. Lightly flour the discs, spray them with oil, cover them with parchment paper and let them rest for 2 hours. Flour (or oil) your hands and lay the dough across your knuckles. Lightly bounce the dough on your knuckles, turning it and stretching it until it reaches the size that you want. Place the dough on a baking pan dusted with cornmeal. Add your pizza toppings. Bake in a preheated 500 degree F oven until golden brown on top, about 5 to 10 minutes.