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Margherita Pizza

Name: Margherita Pizza
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 ½ cups All-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 2 ¼ teaspoons Instant yeast; 2 teaspoons Kosher salt; 1 ½ cups Warm water; 2 tablespoons Olive oil, plus more for the bowl; 14 ounces Crushed San Marzano tomatoes; 1 Garlic clove, grated; 12 ounces Fresh mozzarella, torn and patted dry; ½ cup Fresh basil leaves

Tomato, mozzarella, basil: the holy trinity.

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Prep1 hr 30 min

Bake12 min

Serves4

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Great margherita is about restraint: a thin crust, crushed tomatoes, fresh mozzarella torn by hand, and basil added after the bake so it stays green. The hot oven does the rest.

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4 servings or type

3 ½ cups All-purpose flour, plus more for dusting

2 ¼ teaspoons Instant yeast

2 teaspoons Kosher salt

1 ½ cups Warm water

2 tablespoons Olive oil, plus more for the bowl

14 ounces Crushed San Marzano tomatoes

1 Garlic clove, grated

12 ounces Fresh mozzarella, torn and patted dry

½ cup Fresh basil leaves

Steps

Mix the flour, yeast, and salt; add the water and olive oil and knead 8 minutes until smooth. Oil the bowl, cover, and rise 1 hour until doubled.
Set a pizza stone or steel on the top rack and heat the oven as hot as it goes for 45 minutes. Stir the tomatoes with the garlic and a pinch of salt.
Divide the dough in two; stretch each thin on a floured peel. Sauce lightly, dot with mozzarella.
Bake 7 to 10 minutes until blistered and golden. Top with basil and a drizzle of olive oil. Makes 2 pizzas.

Tip: Get the oven as hot as it goes and preheat the stone or steel a full 45 minutes. Home-oven pizza lives or dies on the preheat.

Margherita Pizza

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