🍕 Margherita Pizza

Just dough, tomato and cheese pretending to be a national identity. 🇮🇹

• 1h 50mTotal time
• 👨‍🍳 Today I am a chefDifficulty
• 720kcal
• 2Portions

• 🥦 Vegetarian
• 🇮🇹 Italian
• 🎉 Party food

Ingredients

• 500g bread flour (type 00)
• 325ml warm water
• 7g instant yeast
• 10g salt
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 400g San Marzano tomatoes, crushed
• 250g fresh mozzarella, torn
• Fresh basil leaves
• Extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling

How to make it

1. Mix the flour, yeast and salt, then add the water and olive oil to form a dough
2. Knead for about 10 minutes until smooth and elastic
3. Let the dough rise, covered, for 1.5-2 hours until doubled
4. Divide into two balls, rest 20 minutes, then stretch each into a thin round
5. Spread crushed San Marzano tomatoes over the dough
6. Top with torn mozzarella and bake in a very hot oven (250C+) for 8-12 minutes
7. Finish with fresh basil and a drizzle of olive oil