Lunch: Pizza Margherita Recipe | Myrecipes

Recipe by Joshua Haynes This is our take on the traditional Neapolitan pizza resplendent with the red, white, and green of the Italian flag. Gently patting the tomato slices with a paper towel prevents the pizza from becoming soggy.

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Basil

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Ingredients

1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 (10-inch) Basic Pizza Dough
6 very thin tomato slices
3 ounces buffalo mozzarella, cut into small pieces
3 tablespoons torn fresh basil
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Position an oven rack in the lowest setting. Place a pizza stone on the lowest oven rack.
Preheat oven to 500 °. Preheat pizza stone 30 minutes before baking pizza.
Gently brush 1/2 teaspoon oil over Basic Pizza Dough. Pat tomato slices with a paper towel. Arrange cheese over dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Top with tomato slices. Slide dough onto preheated pizza stone, using a spatula as a guide.
Bake at 500 ° for 9 minutes or until crust is golden. Remove from pizza stone. Drizzle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil. Sprinkle with basil, salt, and black pepper. Cut into 8 wedges.

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