Authentic Pizza Margherita
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Cooking:
30 min.
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Servings per container:
4
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Ingredients for - Authentic Pizza Margherita

1. All-purpose flour - 3 ½ cups
2. Salt - 1 teaspoon
3. Water - 1 cup
4. Active dry yeast - 1 (.25 ounce) package
5. White sugar - 1 pinch
6. Flour for dusting - ¼ cup
7. Pizza sauce - 2 cups
8. Fresh mozzarella cheese - 20 slices
9. Fresh basil - 20 leaves
10. Olive oil - 20 leaves
11. Sea salt to taste - 20 leaves

How to cook deliciously - Authentic Pizza Margherita

1. Stage

Stir flour and 1 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Set aside.

2. Stage

Mix water, yeast, and sugar in a large bowl. Let stand until yeast begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes.

3. Stage

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.

4. Stage

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.

5. Stage

Preheat oven with a pizza stone to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).

6. Stage

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.

7. Stage

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