Margherita Pizza
Healthy vegetarian pizza with only 5 ingredients! This Margherita pizza is simplicity at its best. Made with crunchy Neapolitan style pizza dough from scratch, homemade tomato sauce, fresh basil leaves, and real mozzarella.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 24 minutes
- Total Time: 39 minutes
- Yield: 14 inch pizza 1x
- Category: Pizza
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- Crunchy Neapolitan Style Pizza dough
- 1/2 cup of pizza tomato sauce
- 1 cup of fresh basil leaves
- 8oz of fresh mozzarella cheese
- 1 large tomato, sliced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°.
- Sprinkle a work surface with flour and roll out the pizza dough until it is very thin.
- Transfer the pizza dough to a baking sheet.
- Spread the pizza sauce on the dough.
- Evenly disperse the basil leaves on top of the tomato sauce.
- Crumble the mozzarella cheese using your hands and sprinkle it on the pizza.
- Add the tomato slices on top of the cheese.
- Cook pizza in the oven for 22-24 minutes or until the mozzarella starts to brown.
- Remove pizza from the oven and let it rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
Notes
Go crazy and add your favorite toppings!
Find it online: https://www.bowlofyum.com/2020/09/margherita-pizza/