How To Make Classic Margherita Pizza
Great for brunch, this classic Margherita pizza consists of homemade pizza dough filled with fresh tomato slices and loads of mozzarella cheese.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½homemade pizza dough
- 1tbspolive oil
- 2clovesroasted garlic,finely chopped
- ¼cupyour favorite pizza,or tomato sauce
- 8ozmozzarella cheese,sliced into ½-inch thick pieces
- 2plum tomatoes,sliced, or any tomato you like
- handful of fresh basil
- fresh ground black pepper,to taste
Instructions
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Preheating the oven to 475 degrees F (246 degrees C). Cover the shaped dough lightly with plastic wrap and allow it to rest as the oven preheats.
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Mix the olive oil and chopped garlic together in a small dish. Brush the top of the dough lightly with olive oil.
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Using your fingers, push dents into the surface of the dough to prevent bubbling. Top with pizza sauce then the mozzarella cheese slices then the tomato slices.
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Bake for 14 to 16 minutes or until the crust is lightly browned and the cheese is bubbling.
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Remove from the oven and top with fresh basil and pepper. Slice pizza and serve immediately.
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Cover leftover pizza tightly and store it in the refrigerator. Reheat as you prefer. Baked pizza slices can be frozen for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
- Calories: 186.72kcal
- Fat: 10.97g
- Saturated Fat: 5.38g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.95g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.89g
- Carbohydrates: 13.00g
- Fiber: 1.00g
- Sugar: 1.33g
- Protein: 9.14g
- Cholesterol: 27.21mg
- Sodium: 352.88mg
- Calcium: 208.68mg
- Potassium: 110.11mg
- Iron: 0.98mg
- Vitamin A: 79.66µg
- Vitamin C: 3.07mg
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