Our simple Thermomix pizza dough recipe is always popular and makes a great option for Friday night 'fake-away'. Create a masterpiece with your favourite toppings.
It's very rare for a Friday night to go by where we don't make our own pizzas. They're so simple and delicious... especially when using our fool-proof Thermomix pizza dough recipe!
Top the bases with all your favourite ingredients, bake and then enjoy while watching a movie!
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Why You're Going To Love This Recipe
You're going to LOVE our Thermomix pizza dough recipe!
- Super Easy - You won't believe how incredibly easy it is to make pizza dough using the Thermomix! Let it do all of the mixing and kneading for you.
- Versatile - Assemble your pizza dough with ALL your favourite toppings!
- Prep Ahead Of Time - you can make the pizza dough a day ahead of time and keep stored in airtight bags in the fridge. Alternatively, freeze pizza dough, allow it to defrost and then bake.
- Money Saver - we very rarely buy takeaway pizza anymore... homemade is SO much cheaper and tastier.
What You Need
Making your own homemade pizzas will save you an absolute fortune on takeaway! Here's what you need to make our Thermomix pizza dough....
Please scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of the post for the ingredient quantities and the full detailed method.
- dried instant yeast - you can buy sachets or containers of dried instant yeast at the supermarket. I prefer the sachets as they stay fresher. However, if using a container of yeast, store it in the fridge once opened
- warm water
- olive oil - use a good quality extra virgin olive oil
- raw sugar - or caster sugar
- bakers flour or plain flour - Baker's flour, Tipo 00 flour or bread flour works best, however, plain flour can also be used.
- pinch of salt
Step By Step Instructions
It takes just a few minutes to make our Thermomix pizza dough!
Please scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of the post for the ingredient quantities and the full detailed method.
Step 1 - Activate The Yeast
Place the yeast and warm water into the Thermomix bowl and mix for 1 minute.
Step 2 - Add The Remaining Ingredients & Mix
Add the sugar, flour, olive oil and salt to the bowl.
Mix until combined.
Knead for 2 minutes.
Step 3 - Allow The Dough To Rise
Place the dough into a lightly greased ThermoServer or bowl.
Cover and leave in a warm spot to rise.
Note: This is how the dough will look before proving.
And this is how it will look once it's risen....
Expert Tips
- allow adequate time for the pizza dough to rise (see recipe below)
- ensure your pizza dough has a warm, still place to rise (in a warm ThermoServer is a great option)
- check that your yeast is in date
- use Bakers flour or 00 flour if possible
- pizza bases can be prepped ahead of time, par-baked and then frozen. Allow to defrost at room temperature before adding your toppings and cooking.
- Leftover pizza can be stored in the fridge, reheated and consumed within 24 hours.
Popular Pizza Toppings
Need some inspiration for what to add to your pizza bases?
Here's a few of our most popular toppings:
- Italian Sausage, Tomato & Basil Pizza
- mozzarella and salami
- prosciutto, bocconcini, tomato and rocket
- egg, cheese, pineapple and bacon
- ham and pineapple
- BBQ sauce, bacon, beef mince and cheese
- prawns, rocket, capsicum and chilli
- caramelized onion, feta and pumpkin
- BBQ sauce, chicken, red onion and cheese
- potato and rosemary
- garlic and cheese
FAQs
Yes! As long as your ingredients don't exceed the MAX line. If doubling, you will need to mix and knead the dough for longer.
2 large pizzas or 4 medium pizzas.
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Thermomix Pizza Dough
Equipment
- Thermomix
Ingredients
- 30 g olive oil
- 220 g warm water (you may need a little more!)
- 1 teaspoon raw sugar
- 2 teaspoon dried instant yeast
- 400 g bakers flour or plain flour
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Heat the yeast and water for 1 minute on 37 degrees, Speed 1.
- Add all of the other ingredients and mix for 6 seconds on Speed 6.
- Knead for 2 minutes.
- Place into a lightly greased Thermoserver (or bowl) and place into a warm spot for 30 minutes or until doubled in size). If using a bowl, make sure you cover it with a tea towel to keep the heat in.
- Roll out to make 2 large pizzas (or 4 medium pizzas).
- Place the dough onto the tray.
- Add your favourite toppings.
- Cook in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 15 minutes or until the base is crispy.
Brianna says
This is so AMAZING
It smells like a restaurant and I can actually get my family in the kitchen and help. It tastes like HEAVEN!!
Lucy says
That's absolutely fantastic!
Cath Melia says
Thank you for sharing. I had the same problem so have now added another 1/4 cup of water and used the dough function for longer like you suggested and it seems to have come together. Will see how it goes from here!
Lim Gate Kim says
Good textured and convenient.
Ingrid Briggs says
When you say plain flour do you mean just plain flour or breadmaking plain flour - in traditional pizza dough recipes they use the latter which has a higher gluten content I think? ie most bread recipes traditionally use breadmaking flour rather than plain flour. Which is available in supermarkets now.
Lucy Mathieson says
Hi Ingrid, bakers flour or bread making flour always gives a better result so if you can use that, then do! But if plain flour is all you've got in your cupboard, go with that!
Sky Lawson says
This is AMAZING! I made mini pizzas and got 15 mini pizzas from it. Thanks so much
Lucy Mathieson says
Yay!! That's so great to hear!! xx
Lucy Mathieson says
Hi Anna, thanks for the feedback. We'll continue to test this recipe and make any changes needed. xx
Skye says
I made this with Self Raising and it was sooooo much better than with plain
Nikki says
I just got on to see if ayone else had this problem. It wouldn't rise and was almost like crumbs after the first knead too. Obviously a prob at my end ... obviuosly will need to make more pizzas to test where I went wrong!
Lucy P says
Mine also did this ? I was a little reckless with the “warm” water, so I’ll blame myself!
Lauren says
it states serves 1, would that be just 1 pizza or does the dough portion out?
Lauren says
Hi lauren, it's just one pizza 🙂
Lucy says
7g
Lucy says
Hi Vee, that's very strange - we make this recipe on a weekly basis and it's always perfect. I'm not sure why yours didn't turn out right?
Kirsten says
What can you use as a substitute to yeast if you can't have it?
Lucy says
There are some recipes that don't use yeast (and they use self raising flour instead), but I really find that yeast is the way to go when it comes to pizza dough. If you store it in the fridge, a little container will last ages! xx
Lauren says
Thanks for the feedback Elli, we are going back and checking all of our recipes to make sure the weight measurements are included.
Lauren says
Haha, you would be unstoppable if you had one!
Dannielle@Zamamabakes says
I sooooo need a thermomix. This dough sounds fantastic!