Margherita Pizza
This recipe will give you the flavour of italy in a healthy and delicious way. It’s a classic flavour combo for a reason, but you can make it your own.
Margherita Pizza
A crispy pizza with fresh flavours. This recipe will yield 2 meduim thin crust pizzas.
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Dough scraper
- Weighing scales
- Sieve
- Teacloth
- Clingfilm
- Pizza stone
- Non stick Tray
- Pizza shovel
Ingredients
For the Base
- 200 ml Room temperature water
- 300 g Bread flour
- 4 g Salt
- 3 g Dried yeast
- 1 tsp Good quality Honey optional
- 1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil optional
For the topping
- 6 Basil Leaves
- 2 Plum tomatoes (tinned)
- 60 g Grated mozzarella
- Extra flour for dusting
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Pizza Base
- Preheat oven 250°c, place in your pizza stone or pan dish to heat up as well.Tip: heat up you oven on the hottest setting.
- Weigh and measure all your ingredients.
- Sift your flour into your bowl.
- Dissolve your honey and yeast in the warm water. Leave to bloom.
- Make a well in the flouur and pour in the liquid, add the oil and salt.
- Mix to combine into a rough dough.
- Sprinkle extra flour on the bench and pour out the dough on the counter.
- Knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic.
- Place in a bowl and cover, leave to prove for 3 hours.
- Sprinkle flour onto the tray.
- Divide your dough in half, shape into dough balls. Place dough onto tray. leave room to grow.
- Cover with clingfilm.
- Place the dough in the fridge overnight to slow prove and develop a depth of flavour.
- Take out dough before 1 hour before you need to use it, so it can become room temperature.
- Shape the dough into a circlular shape. Maintain the crust, avoid using a rollin pin and use your hands to stretch the dough.
Topping
- Crush the tomatoes with your hands in a bowl.
- Rip the basil leaves in half.
- Place the tomato sauce on the pizza, season with pepper and oregano.
- Sprinkle the cheese over the pizza.
- Add the basil leaves to your pizza
- Sprinkle flour onto your pizza shovel, place pizza on it and transfer the pizza to your oven.
- Bake for 10- 15 mins until it is crispy.
Nutrition
Calories: 180kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 6gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 244mgPotassium: 80mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 196IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 1mg
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