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Margherita Pizza Recipe

Margherita pizza stars fresh basil, mozzarella cheese, and the best ripe tomatoes. It's simple, delicious, and light.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time13 minutes
Total Time23 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 8
Author: Lil' Luna

Ingredients

  • 16 ounces pizza dough store bought or homemade dough
  • ½ cup pizza sauce store bought or homemade sauce
  • 6 slices fresh mozzarella
  • 2-3 tomatoes
  • ½ teaspoon pizza seasoning
  • fresh basil
  • olive oil

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 500°F. We like to use a pizza stone and throw this in while the oven is preheating for at least 15 minutes.
  • Make the sauce if going homemade. Also, make the homemade pizza dough if going homemade. If you are using store-bought for both, you can skip this step.
  • Roll out the pizza dough on a lightly floured surface to about 14-15 inches in diameter. **If you want more of a crust, be sure to fold in the outside edges of the pizza dough before adding sauce and toppings.
  • If using a pizza stone, quickly and carefully transfer the dough to your stone, add the sauce (leaving a little around the edges for a crust), cheese slices, tomatoes, and pizza seasonings, and put in the oven.
  • If not using a stone, you can add the rolled-out dough to a lightly greased baking sheet. Then, add sauce, cheese, toppings and bake.
  • Bake for about 5 minutes, then rotate the pizza and bake an additional 7-8 minutes or until crust is golden and cheese is melted. Garnish with fresh basil and a light drizzle of olive oil.

Video

Notes

Freezer pizza. You can put it in the freezer to be baked later, but since tomatoes don't thaw well you will want to save them to add until you're ready to bake.
Blind bake a plain pizza crust for 6-8 minutes. Allow the pizza to cool a little and add the sauce and cheese and then place it into the freezer. Once frozen solid, wrap the pizza with plastic wrap and then again with aluminum foil. Freeze for 4-5 months. Remove packaging and thaw, add fresh tomatoes and basil then bake.
STORE leftover pizza in foil in the fridge for 2-3 days. You can also freeze it for 1-2 months. Simply wrap each piece with plastic wrap and again with foil for 1-2 months. Reheat in the microwave or oven.

Nutrition

Calories: 213kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 625mg | Potassium: 140mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 466IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 2mg