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Pizza Margherita

BUNCOOKS55
37 minutes
1 pizza
Beginner

** you can add as much fresh basil as you like.

Total Steps

3

Ingredients

7

Tools Needed

2

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup fresh basil leaf chiffonade(optional)
  • to taste Salt
  • 1 1/2-2 ounces mozzarella, sliced or coarsely shredded
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 0.5 teaspoon finely-minced garlic
  • 3-5 canned plum tomatoes, well drained and seeded, haphazardly cut or chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 1 pizza dough

Instructions

1

Step 1

30 minutes

At least 30 minutes before baking, place an oven rack on the lowest level, preferably holding a pizza stone, and preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Shape the dough into a pizza following the recipe directions.

2

Step 2

Evenly scatter, sprinkle, or drizzle all the remaining ingredients on top of the pizza dough (except on the ridge) in the order given.

3

Step 3

7 to 8 minutes

Bake for 7 to 8 minutes, until the ridge is tinged with brown. Serve immediately.

Tools & Equipment

Oven
Pizza stone

Tags

Pizza

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