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Now let's get to the heart of the matter and see how to roll out pizza dough by hand. In this phase, the protagonists are the fingertips: the dough must be worked with the fingertips, applying light and delicate pressure, so as not to stress it too much and maintain its softness.

The technique for rolling out a pizza by hand is as follows:

cross your index fingers, so that the left one overlaps the right one, then place the other fingers of your hands on the dough;
now apply light pressure, starting from the center and pushing slightly outwards. Perform this operation three times, always using the pressure of your fingers, so as to flatten the dough evenly;
now turn the dough over and repeat this operation three times again, then turn it over and start again, until the disk of dough has reached the desired thickness and diameter.
Why roll out pizza outwards? This operation serves to push the air bubbles that form inside the dough during leavening towards the edge, thus giving it the typical appearance of Neapolitan pizza, characterized by a uniform edge, a couple of centimeters wide, which has the shape of a sort of crown that will enclose the topping. Thanks to this movement, the edges will be high and soft, while the bottom will be thinner but still thick enough to be filled with the ingredients you prefer.

Furthermore, the depressions that form due to the pressure exerted by the fingertips make the dough absorb the topping better: sauces, vegetables, meat or fish, cured meats and cheeses... let your imagination run wild, the variations are endless!

If while you roll out the pizza the dough should form holes, place a small piece of dough in the area where the hole has formed and apply light pressure all around with your fingers, so as to have a smooth and uniform surface again. Any holes, if not covered, could cause the filling to leak out during cooking, so try to cover them carefully.

But how do you get a thinner pizza? Now that you've learned how to widen the pizza by stretching the dough with the technique illustrated above, to obtain a product with a rather rustic appearance, which will remain quite thick, discover how to prepare a thin pizza. Follow our procedure to enjoy a round and thin pizza made with your own hands!

If you don't like thick dough and want to make it thinner, once the disk of dough has started to take shape, you can place it in the palm of one hand and then quickly pass it to the other hand. As you pass from one hand to the other, rotate the dough, so as to make the thickness uniform. This is the professional method, so don't worry if you don't succeed at first: practice and, after a few pizzas, you'll be able to do it with your eyes closed!