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 pParmesancheese.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. |
Bah! You’re talking about pizza too?! Maaan, my stomach aches for a Margherita pizza made from a wood burning oven. Actually, any pizza from a wood burning oven. lol
Looks great! I’m definitely going to try out your pizza sauce recipe when I go back home. =)
~ Christine