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Simple Margherita Pizza

Simple Margherita Pizza

Published on 17 April 2020 | In | By
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You will remember that in my recipe on making Quick and Easy Pizza Base (click here for recipe), I said that when you have your bases sorted and you are ready to make your pizza’s, then try to keep it as simple as possible – max 4-5 ingredients (including the base tomato sauce and mozzarella) – well it does not get any simpler than this!

There are no pizza’s better than a simple Margherita if you use the best ingredients.

Traditionally the Margherita is made to resemble the colours of the Italian flag (green, white and red).

  • Green – Basil
  • Red – Tomato/ Neopolitana sauce
  • White – Mozzarella Cheese

RECIPE TIP:  When you assemble the pizza, put the mozzarella cheese BEFORE the neopolitana sauce – WHY you may ask?  Well, if you put the sauce first then the base will get soggy and will not crisp up nicely – this helps particularly if you do not have a pizza oven that goes to 450°C – so if you are using a standard oven, this is the best tip for not having soggy pizza bases.

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  1. Prepare the pizza base, Neopilitana sauce and beetroot as per my recipes provided above.
  2. Heat oven as high as it can go (mine goes to 250°C). Obviously if you have a pizza oven, then get it fired up and ready.
  3. When the oven is heated to the desired temperature you can start to assemble the pizza.
  4. By now you should have blind baked your pizza base as per my recipe (click here for recipe).
  5. Break up the mozzarella ball into small chunks and distribute evenly on the pizza base (yes, I put the cheese before the tomato. The reason for this is that the cheese will protect the base from becoming soggy from the tomato sauce). Please also note that you do not need to cover the WHOLE base in mozzarella - you just need a generous distribution, as it will melt evenly over the base.
  6. Dollop the sauce systematically over the mozzarella cheese. You do not have to "spread" it. As the mozzarella melts it will "pull" the sauce all over.
  7. Bake in the over for 3-7 minutes until the mozzarella is well melted and bubbling.
  8. Garnish with fresh basil and serve immediately, (or cold for breakfast).

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