Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, margherita pizza. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Place dough on a lightly floured pizza peel. Put a jelly roll pan or a half sheet pan in the oven. Begin by making the tomato sauce.
Margherita Pizza is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Margherita Pizza is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have margherita pizza using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Margherita Pizza:
- Make ready Mozzarella cheese
- Prepare Parmesan cheese
- Prepare 1 large tomato
- Make ready leaves Fresh basil
- Make ready Basil (spice shaker)
- Get Oregano (spice shaker)
- Take 1 tsp minced garlic
- Take 1 tsp sugar
- Prepare 1 pinch salt
- Take 1 pinch black pepper
- Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 dash balsamic vinegar
- Prepare 1 super thin storebought pizza crust
And there's no topping we love more than the margherita. Stretchy mozzarella cheese, tangy tomatoes, and peppery basil are all piled on a chewy charred crust. Tips for Margherita Pizza Success: For the best margherita pizza, you will want to preheat your oven to the highest temperature possible. We aren't just your local pizzeria!
Steps to make Margherita Pizza:
- I didn't include prep in the cooking time. That being said, I got the sauce ready a couple hours before hand and let it sit in the fridge. I think that really helps the flavor and the sauce is VERY important to this dish. I also set about 6 of the basil leaves out to dry a bit. Ok first step. The sauce!
- There's a neat trick to making a unique tomato sauce and it's perfect for this recipe. - Cut your tomato in half so you have the top as one half and the bottom as the other. Now clean out all the crevices where the snotty textured slime is that holds the seeds. I just used the knife I cut the tomato with. Then use the spray nozzle on your sink to get it all nice n clean. - Now, holding the exposed innards out, grate it like a piece of cheese. That's right, grate the tomato on a cheese grater. All the inner parts. You should be left with only the skin of the tomato. Do both halves of the tomato into a bowl. Dispose of the skins. - Now add your spices, olive oil, balsamic and minced garlic. Stir well. Let sit in fridge for a couple hours.
- Crumble your mozzarella into chunks. After that I drizzled a bit of olive oil onto them and sprinkled a bit of oregano. Now we build the pizza.
- Spoon the sauce evenly over your pizza crust leaving about an inch on the edge. You should've gotten the perfect amount from 1 large tomato. - Evenly distribute the mozzarella chunks. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Now tear up the 6 basil leaves you set aside earlier into smaller pieces and distribute them evenly. This is how mine looked pre oven.
- Set a pizza pan on the middle rack and preheat the oven to 475. (If I had a pizza stone I would've used that, but I don't). Slide the pizza onto the preheated pan and cook for 10 mins. Be careful not to burn yourself sliding the pizza in (I did haha) - Remove from oven. Place a full basil leaf on each slice, cut and enjoy. - Like I said, I'm a meat guy. I've never tried this because there's no meat on it but MAN it was good! It's that sauce and fresh basil that does it. There are definitely more involved ways of making a margherita pizza but this is quick, easy and so so good.
We have met some amazing customers that are now our friends with some feeling like family. Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and add the basil. Margherita pizza is a healthier pizza option since there are minimal toppings. The dough is rolled out so that the crust is thin, and you top it with a very light layer of cheese.
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