I had made a batch of the Roman Crust from PR American Pie two weeks ago and used to balls immediately and froze the remaining balls for future use. Last Friday I pulled two balls out and let thaw. They sat on the couter under plastic wrap for around 4 hours. I did a preshap of the dough on a floured surface with a rolling pin and then let rest for 5 minutes and then shaped to a 14 inch skin. I topped them and baked the first one at 550 degrees on a stone and when that came out I placed the second one in.
Both of the crusts came out chewy and tough. The first ones I did came out great, did the freezing do something or is this simply a case of to much working the dough?
before laying on the toppings? Sometimes the shaping/rolling/stretching can knock all the bubbles out leaving a tough crust if it's not allowed to recover. Try rolling it out sooner and let it finish warming up flattened out. Just an idea.
I use a high hydration sourdough and like to bake it just a bit and set it before adding the weight of toppings.
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