i use the allison type of yeast only for bread. i use "fast action" dried yeast for pizza dough. the short cooking time for pizza does not seem to suit the normal yeast ie allison type - u still get a sort of yeasty taste in the cooked pizza base. i buy the fast action from ASDA but I've also used tesco no probs. i've also used fresh yeast (ask at the bread counter in ASDA) and that works pretty good too.

Cheers Jerry. I've swapped to the fast action yeast now...its great. The Alinson stuff in the yellow tin made the dough smell 'yeasty'. I do your recipe to the 'T' as its perfect!

Mark

Gotta say, this is EASILY by far, the best base yet for me  ;D

Very, very soft when kneading. Really good. It's also very good from frozen as well so I am able to make quite a bit and freeze it. I must admit, I whack all my ingredients in the bread machine to do all the kneading for me.

I stick my bread machine on N^o. 12 - Pizza base, and let it do it's magic for 1 hour 50 min. I do like my dough prepared well in advance so it's no good my girlfriend phoning me up at 3pm, expecting penne arrabiata at 6! I like to make it the night before or very early in the morning at the latest. It really is an extremely soft dough in your hands.

Can I just ask what yeast do people use? At the minute, I've got the Allinson yeast in the small yellow tin. I've also used Asda's own in the brown box (sachets).

Nice one Jerry. I've found it quite difficult to find a dough recipe that I like. I'll be giving this a go. I usually make garlic bread though. Looking forward to it..I'll let you know how Iget on. 

I bought these from Falcon in Leicester. They are quite heavy really. Falcon is where the old Comet or Currys is, Nr Sainsbury's on Belgrave Rd.

Hi xpatx,

if you are from Leicester, you should know where I am talking about (i'll get the street names for you tomorrow though!)

The main place I go is a place called Falcon. It's a huge warehouse, sells every spice you couls possibly need. Also sells pans, karhai's, tavas etc. I love it there!!My favorite shop!! It's at the back of Sainsbury's by the Melton Road flyover. Dead opposite St. Matthews.

The other place I used to go to is in Highfields, just off East Park Road. It's a corner shop, quite large, but not a lot in it!!! I actually went there last week to see if they had any more of the handmade karhai's ( which they didn't).

I'll take a drive tomorrow and get the street names for you.