Pizza Margherita

Name: Pizza Margherita
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 12-inch round of pizza dough, stretched (see recipe); 3 tablespoons tomato sauce (see note); Extra-virgin olive oil; 2 3/4 ounces fresh mozzarella; 4 to 5 basil leaves, roughly torn

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Total: 15 minutes

Servings: 2

Author : Sam Sifton

mozzarella pizza dough tomato sauce

Ingredients

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1 12-inch round of pizza dough, stretched (see recipe)3 tablespoons tomato sauce (see note)Extra-virgin olive oil2 3/4 ounces fresh mozzarella4 to 5 basil leaves, roughly torn

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Instructions

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Step 1

Place a pizza stone or tiles on the middle rack of your oven and turn heat to its highest setting. Let it heat for at least an hour.

Step 2

Put the sauce in the center of the stretched dough and use the back of a spoon to spread it evenly across the surface, stopping approximately 1/2 inch from the edges.

Step 3

Drizzle a little olive oil over the pie. Break the cheese into large pieces and place these gently on the sauce. Scatter basil leaves over the top.

Step 4

Using a pizza peel, pick up the pie and slide it onto the heated stone or tiles in the oven. Bake until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is bubbling, approximately 4 to 8 minutes.