Create perfect Pizza

At the Organic Dough Co, we believe that perfect Pizza’s starts with exceptional dough made from the best natural & organic ingredients. We do all the hard work in crafting an authentic dough so you can shine in 5 simple steps.

Our dough’s are snap frozen for your convenience, ensuring a slow ferment upon defrosting and proving when our active organic ingredients really go to work developing a moreish, flavoursome chewy but soft crust that you know and love from the best pizzerias. 

Whether you are pizza enthusiast or seasoned professional grab pack or get in touch today to recreate your take on the Naples staple.

Buon Appetito,

The Organic Dough Co.


How to Guide

  1. Defrosting - Always ensure the dough balls are covered when defrosting. Either defrost a single dough ball in a deep bowl covered with cling film or several dough balls in a larger container with a lid. For same-day use, leave on a warm bench top for 8-12 hours before cooking. For best results, defrost in the refrigerator overnight and then allow 2-3 hours to come up to room temperature before preparing and cooking; the slow fermentation gives superior results.

  2. Preheat your Oven - Place your pizza stones in the oven or light your gas/wood-fired pizza oven. Allow your oven to reach the maximum temperature 30 minutes ahead of time. You can use two pizza stones in a domestic oven and transfer halfway through the cooking process from the top stone to the bottom stone to crisp the base further.

  3. Dough Shaping & Forming - Generously flour the surface of a clean bench, flour the top of the dough, and place the dough on the floured bench. Dimple the dough on both sides with your fingers to the edge, being careful not to squash the air out of the “rim.” Keep the dough well dusted and continue to stretch the dough evenly from the center. Video Guide Here

  4. Top Pizza - If you are using a lined baking tray or lightly oiled perforated pan, transfer the dough then top it. If using a pizza peel, top the pizza while on your dusted work surface, then pick it up with the dusted pizza peel. Remember, less is more when it comes to toppings; additional toppings can be added after cooking.

  5. Bake - Load the pizza onto your pizza stone and cook for 10-12 minutes at 250°C, 6-8 minutes at 350°C, or 2-3 minutes at 450°C, or until the cheese and crust are browned to perfection. Keep a watchful eye and rotate when necessary for an even cook.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What are your ingredients? Organic wheat flour, water, sea salt, organic activated barley, fresh yeast, and organic extra virgin olive oil. Our ingredients are dairy-free, vegan-friendly, GMO-free. Wheat flour naturally contains gluten. No added sugar, preservatives, or processing aids.

  • The bottom hasn’t cooked as much as the top? Not enough direct heat onto the dough. Our authentic dough is a high moisture product and you need a hot stone to drive this moisture off when cooking. Ensure your pizza stones or cooking surface is as hot as it can be before cooking. Once the pizza is partially cooked, transfer directly to a second hot stone or hot metal tray.

  • The top hasn’t cooked as much as the bottom? This is likely the result of trying to cook in an open oven environment where the hot air is escaping and there is no convection cooking occurring. Ensure your oven is closed up and/or the venting is controlled.

  • I can’t get my pizza dough onto or off the pizza peel? Not enough dusting flour and/or too slow to top and get onto the peel. Don’t leave topped pizza sitting on the bench for extended periods of time as it will absorb the dusting flour. Always make sure your pizza moves freely on the peel before loading it into the oven.

  • Something else? - please email us at pizza@organicdough.co.nz

FoodService Professionals

Supplied as an unfermented frozen dough ball, all the laborious preparation of mixing and forming is already done for your convenience, reducing the need for any onsite bulky mixing equipment, labour and repeat small batch kitchen mixing, saving you not only time but money through tight cost control and convenience. Simply defrost and bring up to room temperature before finishing and baking.

Supplied in carton lots as 46 x 300g free flow dough balls, we supply directly into the hospitality trade to pizzerias, cafe’s, pubs & bars, vineyards, food trucks, corporate events & even the odd the cinema. We can supply nation wide, please contact us to discuss your needs further.

Organic Dough Co.’s authentic Pizza dough balls simply follows the first principle mantra of quality ingredients. Our unbleached organic flours, results in a superior flavour and crust development - it’s all down to the high natural enzyme content that you don’t get in bleached and heat treated commercial flours. Once defrosted the natural enzymes slowly start to break down the starches in the flour creating natural sugars for the yeast to feed on, resulting in a more flavoursome, crispy but soft moreish crust that is easily digestible which you only experience from very best Pizza Dough.

For best results defrost for 24-48 hours between 4-6°C, in a chilled environment such as a commercial dough retarder or covered in a refrigerator, then bring up to room temperature allowing 2 -3 hours before cooking. The dough can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 72 hours @ 4°C before cooking, allowing good inventory management and cost control.

New to Pizza? We make it simple with full technical support behind our products, with a range of recommendations to suit your needs from a small/infrequent set up to a full commercial operation we have the right technical support & experience to share with you and your team.

Retail Stockists

3 x 300g Pouches

Auckland:

  • Sabato - Mt Eden

  • New World Victoria Park Market

  • New World Devonport

  • New World Remuera

  • New World Hobsonville

  • New World Albany

  • Noire - Millwater

  • Boric Food Market - Kuemu

  • Commonsense Mt Eden

  • Outdoor Concepts Parnell

  • Pizzata Pukekohe

  • Waiheke Speciality Foods

  • Raw Waiheke


Central North Island:

  • The Green Grocer Thames

  • Vetro Tauranga

  • Wholeheart Hamilton

  • Organic Nation Hamilton

  • Fill Good Organic Grocer - Cambridge

  • Magills Butchery - Te Awamutu

  • RedKitchen Cafe & Store - Te Awamutu

  • The Village Berry Gisborne

  • Bellatinos Havelock North

  • New World - Waipakurau

  • Ottimo New Plymouth

  • Down to Earth Organics New Plymouth

Wellington:

  • Commonsense Kapiti

  • Commonsense Kilbirnie

  • Commonsense Wellington Central

  • Commonsense Lower Hutt

  • New World Thorndon

  • Moore Wilsons

South Island:

  • New World Nelson

  • New World Motueka

  • Raeward Fresh Richmond

  • Raeward Fresh Tower Junction

  • Pak n Save Papanui

  • New World Ashburton

  • New World Three Parks Wanaka

  • FreshLink Grocer Wanaka

  • Raeward Fresh Queenstown

  • Royalburn Arrowtown

  • Pak n Save Queesnstown

  • Bin Innn - Dunedin

Contact Details

email: pizza@organicdough.co.nz

phone: + 64 220 434 868