Have you ever made crazy dough? I’ve been making it for years and I assure you that with my recipe and tips it will be very easy to make, a soft and pliable dough, similar to shortcrust pastry but lighter, you prepare it by hand in an instant and you can use it immediately or store it in the fridge for 2/3 days well wrapped in cling film. Crazy dough is perfect for making savory pies, appetizer snacks, white and red mini pizzas, and anything your imagination suggests! In the article, you will also find instructions for various cooking methods!
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 1
- Cooking methods: No cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients for the crazy dough
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sparkling water (cold from the fridge)
- 1 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp fine salt
Tools useful for making the recipe
- Kitchen scale
- Bowl
- Pastry board
- Cling film
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Steps to make the crazy dough recipe
In a bowl, pour the flour and salt and mix well with the teaspoon (used to measure the salt).
Add the oil and the chilled sparkling water from the fridge to the bowl, start mixing, and when the dough has absorbed the liquids, pour it onto the pastry board.
Work the crazy dough on the pastry board for a few minutes until you get a soft and smooth dough, now the dough is ready to be used, if you do not use it immediately wrap the dough with cling film and store it in the fridge until use (it keeps for 2/3 days).
Baking tips
For savory pies or similar strudel: roll out the crazy dough not too thinly, place it in a baking dish, prick the bottom, fill it, and bake in the oven at 390°F for 30/35 minutes if it has a very moist filling, if it has a dry filling 20/25 minutes will be enough.
For white and red mini pizzas or snacks: roll out the dough thinly, cut out round shapes (or other shapes as desired), fill with salt and rosemary for white ones and with tomato sauce with salt and oregano for red ones, with a brush of oil and addition of various seeds for savory snacks, bake in the oven at 430°F for 10/15 minutes.
The minutes indicated above in the various baking are not precise but indicative because it depends on the fillings, the toppings and especially because each oven is different from the other.
