Can I put pizza dough in the fridge after 12 hours of rising

Question

I’m making pizza dough with the original intention of letting the dough rise for about 20 hours (the recipe I’m using calls for a 8-22 hour rise period before making the pizza). However, I’ve had a change of plans and won’t be able to have the pizza tonight. Can I put the dough in the fridge for the next day? I’ll bring to room temperature before making the pizza when I do use it

Answer 1

Yes, pizza dough can be moved to the refrigerator after an initial rise, even after 24 or more hours at room temperature. See also this question.

Answer 2

From my own experience it tends to become a bit slimey if left rising too long (72 hours unrefrigerated), but the fridge cuts the effect of letting it rise further massively (I'd say roughly 1/4).

You're not destroying the yeast (that's doing the rising), you're only massively slowing it's metabolism, so in effect you're merely changing the speed at which it rises.

8 degree celsius (or whatever your fridge is running) should definitely buy you another day if you're "only" 12 hours in.