Classic Margherita Pizza

Name: Classic Margherita Pizza
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Pizza
Ingredients: 500g 00 flour or strong bread flour; 7g instant yeast; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp sugar; 320ml warm water; 2 tbsp olive oil; 400g San Marzano crushed tomatoes; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 300g buffalo mozzarella, torn; fresh basil leaves to serve; extra virgin olive oil to finish

The definitive Neapolitan pizza — thin crust, San Marzano tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella and fresh basil.

Total time

150 min

Prep

140 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Pizza

vegetarian

Ingredients

500g00 flour or strong bread flour

7ginstant yeast

1 tspsalt

1 tspsugar

320mlwarm water

2 tbspolive oil

400gSan Marzano crushed tomatoes

2 clovesgarlic, minced

300gbuffalo mozzarella, torn

fresh basil leavesto serve

extra virgin olive oilto finish

Instructions

Mix flour, yeast, salt and sugar, add water and oil, knead 10 minutes.

Prove 2 hours at room temperature or overnight in fridge.

Simmer crushed tomatoes with garlic 10 minutes, season.

Preheat oven to maximum with a pizza stone or heavy tray inside.

Stretch dough thin on a floured surface — do not use a rolling pin.

Spread tomato sauce thinly, add torn mozzarella.

Bake 8-10 minutes until crust is charred at the edges.

Add fresh basil and olive oil immediately and serve.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

0.8g

Fat

6.9g

Carbs

2.3g

Fiber

0.5g

Sodium

479mg

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