No, but you do need to use some form of yeast and some type of oil. The yeast is necessary as a leavening agent, which makes the dough rise. Alternative leavening agents such as baking soda or baking powder would make a crust more akin to biscuits than Pizza crust. Similarly, some type of oil is needed to produce the appropriate texture and chewiness for a pizza.
yes
to make the dough rise
No because it will rise and you want it to be flat not big and puffy!A different answer:Yes, pizza crust is made with yeast dough. It is allowed to rise once, then patted out and baked without rising a second time.
Yeast doughs are used to make countless types of bread. "Dishes" made with yeast dough would be pizza and calzone.
With yeast, one of yeasts main point is to make dough rise.
Pretzels are made with yeast dough. Cake yeast could be substituted for dry yeast, or one might make a "sponge" or sour dough starter which uses wild yeasts from the air. But some sort of yeast must be used in order to make actual pretzels.
Put a little of the yeast in a glass of warm water. If you see tiny bubbles, the yeast is still good. If not, adding the dead yeast will not make the dough rise.
YES! In pizza daugh, there are many things you mix for it to be dough and some of the thing you mix are: flour egg milk/water baking soda maybe yeast if want the dough to rise salt sugar(sometimes) AND FINALLY, MIX ALL TOGETHER TO MAKE A DOUGH
Yeast dough is used to make all types of bread and pizza crusts. It is also used for rolls, including bagels, and snacks, including pretzels.
the yeast will react with the warm water, salt and sugar to produce carbon dioxide and alcohol. The carbon dioxide will make the dough rise and become light whilst the alcohol will evaporate when the dough is being baked. The yeast also provides a lot of the flavour of the crust from the breakdown of the starch molecules i the flour that the yeast feeds on.
Make a pizza dough as you would normally make it with yeast. (Leave the yeast out) Mix one teaspoon of baking powder into the flour before mixing it all together. Add more flower to get the right consistency of the dough. Bake immediately, do not wait for it to raise, as it wont raise without yeast anyway and waiting will decrease the efficiency of the baking powder. When the dough get warm in the oven, the baking powder will release Co2 and make the dough nice and airy, much the same way as yeast does. You might notice that the finished product will crumble easier than when you make dough with yeast. (When I make pizza dough with baking powder I normally add 1 teaspoon per approx 250 grams of flour)
Yeast is used to make bread by fermenting the dough.
Use a cake-like dough that uses baking powder for levening.