Pizza Margherita
By: BUNCOOKS55
Published: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 12:32pm

Ingredients




Dough for 1 pizza
(see recipe for Neapolitan Pizza)
3 canned plum tomatoes, well drained and seeded, haphazardly cut or chopped into 1/2"-or-so pieces
1/2 teaspoon finely-minced garlic
Salt, to taste
1 ounces mozzarella, sliced or coarsely shredded
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 fresh basil leaf chiffonade**

Preparation

1 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 On the top (except on the ridge), evenly scatter, sprinkle, or drizzle on all the remaining ingredients in the order given. 3 Bake for 7 to 8 minutes, until the ridge is tinged with brown. Serve immediately. 4 This recipe yields 1 pizza.

About


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