Pizza Margherita
Crust:
3 cups flour
1/2 cup warm water
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 package dry yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix sugar, water and yeast together...then add flour little by little to make a soft dough. Add salt and olive oil to dough and enough of the remaining flour until dough forms a ball. Dust hands with flour to handle dough and knead and stretch to fit pan.
Sauce:
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup tomato paste
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
Add this to unbaked crust in pan. Leave a generous circle of outside crust.
Toppings:
Chunks of Buffalo Mozzarella (can be bought in a ball or braid)
Sprigs of Fresh Basil
Top crust and sauce with chunks of Buffalo Mozzarella and Sprigs of Fresh Basil.
Traditionally baked in a wood-fire brick oven...but at home bake in a very hot 400 degree oven. Watch carefully, as it bakes rather quickly. Pizza is done when mozzarella is melted and slightly browned.
Mangia!
Pizza Napoli Style is similarly prepared.
Same Crust.
Same Sauce plus 1/2 cup minced fresh garlic.
A sprinkling of oregano
and no cheese or basil.
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