Margherita Pizza

Name: Margherita Pizza
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 pizzas
Ingredients: 500 g pizza dough, at room temperature; 200 g canned San Marzano tomatoes, crushed; 250 g fresh mozzarella, torn and drained; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 handful basil leaves; to taste salt

Blistered crust, crushed tomato, basil.

Total: 30 min
Active: 20 min
Serves: 2 pizzas
Cuisine: italian

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Ingredients

Steps

Put a baking steel or upturned tray in the oven and heat as hot as it goes (250°C / 500°F) for 45 minutes.
Season the crushed tomatoes with salt and a splash of oil — no cooking needed.
Stretch each dough ball to 30 cm on a floured peel, leaving a thick rim.
Spread a thin layer of sauce, scatter the mozzarella, and slide onto the hot surface.
Bake 6–8 minutes until the crust is blistered, then finish with basil and olive oil.