Pizza margherita
Homemade dough with tomato, mozzarella and basil, baked as hot as your oven goes.
1 h 45 min
Ingredients
Cooking for
Recipe serves 2
- Flour300 g
- Yeast (dried)1 tsp
- Sugarto taste
- Salt1 tsp
- Olive oil2 tbsp
- Passata200 g
- Oregano (optional)1 tsp
- Mozzarella250 g
- Basil1 handful
Method
- 1
Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt with 180 ml of lukewarm water and 1 tbsp of the olive oil. Knead for 8 minutes until smooth.
- 8 min
- 2
Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour until doubled.
- 1 h
- 3
Heat the oven to its highest setting, 250 °C or more. Halve the dough, stretch each piece thin on a floured tray, spread with the passata seasoned with salt and oregano, and top with torn mozzarella.
- 4
Bake each pizza for 8 to 10 minutes until the crust is golden and the cheese bubbles. Drizzle with the rest of the olive oil and top with basil.
- 8 min