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This is my dough base, I always build upon this, adding more oil, salt, rosemary and garlic to make a focaccia: cheddar cheese and softened onion: sour dough starter instead of easy yeast, a little more oil and no proving to make ciabatta and of course pizza dough!
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(Add 1/4 pound more flour and 1 egg, take out the sugar and yeast and you have perfect pasta dough)
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Add ingredients in the exact order I have listed, either into a well in the middle of the flour or into the bowl of a mixer with a dough hook.
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When mixed together it should feel very SLIGHTLY sticky at first and become soft and pliant as you knead.
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Do not be tempted to add more flour immediately.
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If the dough doesn't form a soft ball after a couple of minutes kneading then lightly flour the work surface and continue kneading.
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Knead for 10 minutes by hand or 5 minutes by machine.
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Cover and leave in a warm, but not hot, place for around 30 minutes.
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This recipe doesn't require the dough to double in size.
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Preheat oven to 200 degrees or Gas Mark 5
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Pinch off pieces of dough and roll between your palms to about 1 inch in diameter.
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Flour your work surface very sparingly and roll out your balls of dough into an approximate circle slightly bigger than your slices of chorizo/salami/pepperoni/sausage/cheese or whatever you're using (if you add another teaspoon of sugar to the dough, fill with a heap teaspoon of apple sauce (mixed with a sprinkle if cinnamon) and a teaspoon of thick custard roll up and brush the tops of the ring of doughballs with beaten egg then sprinkle with brown sugar and bake, you have a sweet tear and share)
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Using the tip of a rounded knife put some very small dabs of garlic butter (or ordinary butter) in the centre of the dough circle, then assemble your ingredients on top
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Gather the outside of the dough circle into the centre around the filling and pinch together to seal.
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Place the finished doughballs on a prepared baking tray - I use the ring of a springform cake tin on a baking tray covered with greaseproof paper to create the tear and share.
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If there are too many to fit in the ring just place on the tray around the outside.
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Place tray in centre of oven for 15 - 20 minutes until lightly browned.
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Tear and share :)
