Categorized:
- Main Dish
- Pasta & Italian
Tagged:
- basil
- flour
- garlic
- mozzarella
- olive oil
- tomatoes
- yeast
Margherita Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 lb. pizza dough, store-bought or homemade *
- 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp minced garlic (2 cloves)
- 1 2/3 cups canned San Marzano tomatoes (and juices), finely crushed with hands
- 2 pinches salt
- 8 oz. fresh mozzarella, chopped into 3/4-inch cubes
- 1/4 cup Small basil leaves or chopped basil ribbons
Instructions
- Heat oven to 550 degrees and place a pizza stone in the oven. Let it rest for at least 45 - 60 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a medium saucepan set over medium heat. Add garlic and saute just until fragrant but not browning, about 15 seconds.
- Add in tomatoes, season with salt and bring to a light boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until reduced and thickened to nearly 1 cup, about 15 - 20 minutes.
- Divide dough into 2 equal portions. Note that only one pizza will be able to bake at a time.
- Working with one piece of dough at a time, stretch and shape into an oval about 13-inches long.
- Lay on a well floured pizza peel. Spread about 1/2 cup sauce over one crust, sprinkle with half the mozzarella.
- Quickly and carefully slide pizza from pizza peel to preheated pizza stone and bake until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted, about 4 - 7 minutes.
- Repeat with remaining crust. Sprinkle pizzas with fresh basil, cut into slices and serve immediately while warm.
Notes
- If using store-bought pizza dough, let it come to room temperature before shaping. For homemade pizza dough recipe, follow link here (you will have extra dough which you can freeze for a later use).
- Recipe source: Cooking Classy
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