Making Pizza from Scratch: Margherita Pizza (Part 3 of 5)

Lorna, Christina and Paul made this Margherita Pizza in the South Arm Cooking Club for seniors. The original Margherita Pizza is made with tomato, sliced mozzarella, basil and extra-virgin olive oil.

Margherita Pizza is another easy to assemble pizza. It only needs some mincing and slicing.

Ingredients

• a pizza dough
• 1/2 cup pizza sauce
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 cup Mozzarella cheese (we used shredded ones instead of sliced ones)
• 2 thinly sliced roma tomatoes
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup sliced basil leaves

Instructions

Grease a cookie sheet with some oil.

When the dough is ready, do not punch down the dough. Instead, on a lightly floured surface, use your hands to stretch and flatten the ball of dough into a thin circle (if you are making a round pizza). Stretch each piece gently from the center out, turning the dough as you do so that it remains round (in our case, it should be rectangle).

If the middle gets too thin, lay the dough on the greased cookie sheet and only stretch the edges until you get the size you like.

Spread the pizza sauce on the dough. Sprinkle with minced garlic.

Sprinkle with mozarella cheese, sliced tomatoes and parmesan cheese. Bake in a 450F preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until the edges turn brown and the cheese melted.

Remove pizza from oven and sprinkle with sliced basil leaves. Slice and serve. Lorna, Christina and Paul, thank you for making this Margherita Pizza.

Categorized Under: 2009 • Bread

Tagged Under: Community Kitchen • Pizza • Recipe