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The first sign that any door has been
needed enough is that the surface is
nice and smooth. Many people say this
and I agree with it. Kind of the list is
not always necessary and I will show you
in a minute. Design has been included in
virtually every single list out there.
on my list has three elements. Some have
four and some have five. But I think
that this is a stackle really. The
second sign, our sense of touch suggests
it. The dough doesn't feel sticky
anymore. And again, you are about to see
what I mean, including a possible
exception. To introduce the third sign,
I had to remind you that kneading serves
an important purpose. it is to build
gluten, the macroproin that structures
itself into a beautiful network that
traps the gas produced by the yeast
during the fermentation. And this is
what makes the dough actually rise. But
why am I saying this? Because the third
sign that you have needed enough is a
little test to this network. If you have
been watching my videos for a while, you
will find it quite familiar. You know, I
do it very often because I like how it
sounds and because it's very effective.
And overall, I think that's the most
important to be completely honest with
you guys. I think that this is the only
one you really need. But it's up to you
to decide whether you agree or not in
the end and just a pizza in a pizza
school. Right now, let me show what I
had just described. I will quickly make
a little dose. So, I also have the
opportunity to show you how it looks
when it's not fully kned yet, how it
behaves. I am moving to the table now.
In the meantime, please hit the thumbs
up. I'm going to make a small fork for
my dinner, but I will speed things up
now because this is not a recipe video
and I need to arrive quickly to the
juicy part.
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Oh, wait. Uh, now I I am sure that I
don't have to tell you that at this
point the dough is not needed enough.
It's not even a dough yet. It's just a
shapeless thing. It breaks down. So
before it becomes at the very least a
single co cohesive mess, I don't even
think about testing it.
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Okay, the dough came together. Now you
see it's a nice bowl. Uh so it's time to
test it and look for the three signs I
have described. I go through the list
backwards and start from the last one is
the poke test. We gently push the
surface with a finger and see what
happens. If it bounces back, then the
dough has been kneaded enough.
Otherwise, if a trace remains, then we
need more work.
I see that there is a trace. It bounces
back just a little, but a trace
remained. The second sign is the sticky
feel of the dough. If I touch it here,
here and there, I can tell it's still
here.
And especially if I go underneath,
it's easy to see that is really sticky.
And finally, the dough definitely
doesn't look nice and smooth. So, it's
pretty clear that we have to continue.
Okay, after a while, I can tell that the
dough is kneaded enough. It's time to
look again for the three signs we
mentioned from the start. First of all,
the pop test.
You see, it just springs back to its
original position.
Then what about the stickiness?
It's not there. My hand is clean.
And finally, does this look nice and
smooth? Well, I will say that is not
perfectly smooth like a baby's bum, you
know, because if you notice here, there
are a little imperfections, so to speak.
But this is not a problem for me at the
moment. It's pretty hard to get it nice
and smooth in the very moment you stop
kneading. we can just conclude that this
not probably an extremely relevant sign.
However, if we want our dough to be nice
and smooth, we can just leave it rest
for a minute, a couple of minutes
covered and then we just manipulate it a
little bit. Okay, after a couple of
minutes,
I can manipulate this dough, make it
nice and round.
And as you can see, this time is nice
and smooth.