Sooo much pooping

[clucker1]

Can I prepare a pizza from scratch and leave it in the fridge for a few hours/overnight before I cook it with good results. IE can I make the dough (in bread machine) roll out, cover and top pizza and leave it as you find the ones you buy in the supermarket? I have only ever made a pizza and then immediately cooked it. Or would the dough be a disaster?

[kinsk]

I've prep'd the dough a day before, wrapped up and stored in the fridge then rolled out and topped the next day.

 

I really don't see any reason why you couldn't do the whole thing and chill it. I know a friend makes a job lot of dough, rolls out into about 10 pizza's and freezes the dough, tops and bakes from frozen.

 

I suppose the only danger is it going a bit soggy sitting unbaked with the sauce and topping ontop.

[rachel19]

I have done this before and it quickly goes soggy - i only left it for an hour too. Might be better if you could pre-cook the bases slightly and then assemble chill and cook properly later? A bit like blind baking pastry i suppose.

[patsylabrador]

I always do what rachel19 has suggested. Very lightly bake the bases so that they have a slight crust and then store. I tend to use pesto sauce instead of tomato then they dont go soggy. That works nicely.

[Charlottechicken]

I always cook the bases first, just 10 mins, then freeze. Then it takes seconds to throw everything on top of the frozen base and cook.

[Lesley]

Ditto the above two......