Margherita Pizza
from kristineskitchenblog.com
With this Margherita Pizza recipe, you can make a restaurant-quality margherita pizza at home! Since this margherita pizza is made with just a handful of ingredients, the quality of each ingredient is important. Quality San Marzano canned tomatoes, a great-tasting extra virgin olive oil, fresh basil and fresh mozzarella rather than part-skim will combine to make the best margherita pizza!
Prep Time25 minutes mins
Cook Time12 minutes mins
Total Time37 minutes mins
Servings: 1 14-inch pizza
Calories: 436kcal
- 1 ball homemade pizza dough or 1 pound store bought pizza dough
- 15 ounce can crushed San Marzano tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil plus more for brushing the crust
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1-2 pinches crushed red pepper flakes or to taste
- 6 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese
- fresh basil leave small leaves whole, thinly slice or gently tear large leaves into smaller pieces
Prepare Oven and Pizza Pan
Make Pizza Sauce
Pour the crushed tomatoes into a fine mesh strainer set over a bowl and allow to drain for about 5 minutes. Discard the liquid or save for another use.
In a medium bowl, stir together the drained crushed tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, salt, black pepper and red pepper flakes, if using (I like to finely chop the red pepper flakes with a sharp chef's knife to more evenly distribute the spice).
Shape Pizza Dough
On a lightly floured work surface, stretch or roll the pizza dough out into a 14-inch diameter circle. Place the pizza dough onto the prepared pizza pan. If the edges are larger than the pizza pan, fold them over a bit (towards the pizza) to form a nice thick crust.
Assemble Pizza
Spread sauce over the pizza, leaving a 1-inch border around the edge for the crust. (You probably won't use all of the sauce.)
Pat the fresh mozzarella dry with paper towels and cut into ½-inch cubes; distribute cheese evenly over the pizza on top of the sauce.
Brush the crust around the edge of the pizza with olive oil.
- One 15-ounce can of crushed tomatoes makes a little too much sauce for one pizza, but not quite enough for two. You can warm the extra sauce and dip your pizza crust or Focaccia Bread in it.
Serving: 1/4 pizza | Calories: 436kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 1260mg | Potassium: 352mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 524IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 254mg | Iron: 4mg
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