homemade pizza dough?

[ColJack]

how thin do you roll it?
do you "cook" it first before topping it?
mine is burnt on the outside and stull soft and squishy in the middle despite 20 mins in the pre-heated oven and a perforated pizza baking tray...

 

[daneski88]

I doughn't know

 

[joinerjohn]

Pizza's are usually made with the raw dough pressed out into a pizza tin then the tomato base is spread on top , followed by toppings and cheese. Your oven really needs to be about as hot as you can get it (gas mark 9). then cook/bake it for around 20 minutes.
Fan assisted ovens are not really suited to pizzas, you need an oven that provides the heat from the bottom.
You need a proper pizza tin, (unperforated)

When you make your homemade pizza dough, do you allow it to rise first before rolling it out ready for the pizza tin? (about 3/8th" is a good thickness.