
Roman Dough
Ingredients
- 800g King Arthur bread flour
- 200g Caputo semola rimacinata (fine semolina flour)
- 600g ice water
- 10g honey
- 16g fine sea salt
- 45g extra virgin olive oil
- Instant dry yeast (amount unspecified)
Directions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the ice water and honey, then whisk until the honey is fully dissolved.
- In a separate bowl, mix both flours and the yeast.
- Add the flour mixture to the mixing bowl and mix on the slowest speed for 2–3 minutes until the dough begins to form.
- Increase to speed 2 and continue mixing for 3–4 minutes, until the dough starts pulling away from the sides of the bowl. If the dough climbs up the hook, stop the mixer and use a bowl scraper to push it down and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
- Switch to the dough hook attachment. Add the salt and mix at speed 2 for 2 minutes.
- Slowly drizzle in the olive oil while continuing to mix on speed 2 for another 2 minutes.
- Remove the dough from the mixer using a bowl scraper and place it on a lightly oiled work surface.
- Lightly coat the top of the dough with olive oil using a pastry brush, then cover with plastic wrap and let it rest for 15 minutes.
- After resting, divide the dough into 330g portions and roll each into a tight ball.
- Lightly oil individual airtight containers large enough to hold each dough ball. Place one dough ball in each container, seal with a lid, and refrigerate for 24 hours.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it proof at room temperature for at least 2 hours, or until it nearly doubles in size.
- The dough is now ready to be stretched and baked.