By Using IPAs in dough is tricky. Depending on the type of hop and how much you add you will have a very bitter dough. I will tell you from experience… Bitter dough, specifically pizza dough, is not good. At all.
So why even use an IPA?
It’s a challenge!
If you find the right balance you will have a sweet dough with a subtle bitter bite on the end.
This recipe is an IPA pizza dough. It has a perfect balance of sweet with subtly bitter, earthy pine notes on the end of each bite.
I used the dough to make garlic knots, but you can definitely use the dough as you would for any recipe that calls for pizza dough.
If you find this recipe too earthy I have another dough recipe that calls for a session IPA instead.
In my personal opinion I like this one more; the session dough has an extremely mild bite.
Ingredients:
1 Cup Warm Water (Microwave cup of water for 1 minute-will be perfect temperature.)
1/4 Cup Olive Oil – Additional 1/8 Cup for topping
3 Tablespoons Honey
5 1/2 Cups Bread Flour
1 Package Active Dry Yeast
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1/3 Cup Oskar Blues IPA
1 Teaspoon Salt-Additional 1 Teaspoon for topping
2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter
1 Teaspoon Basil
1 Teaspoon Oregano
1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic
Instructions:
- Combine sugar and yeast. Add warm water. Allow to sit for 10 minutes, you will notice the water begin to bubble.
- Add beer
- Add honey and olive oil
- Add flour
- Mix well. Take dough out of bowl, clean and grease bowl.
- Cover and let sit for an hour.
- After hour sprinkle flour over work space and top of dough.
- Begin making your knots by breaking off small-medium pieces of dough and rolling into long strings about 1/2″ circumference.
*The bigger the piece you break, the longer it will be when rolled out. The longer each piece is,the more you can work with the dough and experiment with the shape of your knots.
I started making mine longer 1/2 way through. It was fun to play around and find a fun design.
- Repeat until dough is gone
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes
- While baking combine additional salt and olive oil with butter, basil, oregano and garlic.
- After 10 minutes brush mixture over top of knots.
- Allow to cook another five minutes and brush one more time.
- Allow to cool for a few minutes and serve!!
Paired with some angel hair with fresh basil, red tomato, garlic, lemon cream sauce.
Of course accompanied with Oskar Blues IPA!
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