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Authentic Pizza Margherita

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Authentic Pizza Margherita

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Category

Pizza Recipes

Time

0 min

Serving

4 persons

Calories

966

Rating

4.00★ (40)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
Inspired by the pizza at Bar Del Corso, this Pizza Margherita features tomato sauce, mozzarella, and basil, with just a hint of sea salt.

Ingredients

  • ½ cups all-purpose flour: 3 piece
  • salt: 1 tsp
  • water: 1 cup
  • active dry yeast: 1 pack (.25 ounce pack)
  • pinch white sugar: 1 piece
  • flour for dusting: 0.25 cup
  • pizza sauce: 2 cups
  • slices fresh mozzarella cheese: 20 piece
  • leaves fresh basil: 20 piece
  • olive oil:
  • sea salt: (to taste)

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  1. Stir flour and 1 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Set aside.
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  2. Mix water, yeast, and sugar in a large bowl. Let stand until yeast begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes.
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  3. Stir half the flour mixture into yeast mixture until no dry spots remain. Stir in remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. When dough pulls together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
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  4. Lightly oil a large bowl, then place dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a light cloth and let rise in a warm place (80 to 95 degrees F (27 to 35 degrees C)) until doubled in volume, about 1 hour. Punch dough down, divide into 4 equal pieces, and form each into a ball.
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  5. Preheat oven with a pizza stone to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
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  6. Stretch out and pat 1 dough ball to form a circle 10 to 12 inches in diameter. Place dough on a lightly floured pizza peel. Top with 1/2 cup of tomato sauce and spread to cover within an inch of the edge of the dough. Arrange 5 slices of mozzarella cheese on top of the tomato sauce, then place 5 basil leaves on top. Drizzle pizza with 1 tablespoon olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt to taste. Repeat for 3 remaining dough balls.
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  7. Slide each pizza onto the pizza stone in the preheated oven. Bake until cheese is bubbly and the underside of the crust is golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Cynthia Ross
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