Margherita Pizza
Ingredients
1 tbsp instant yeast
2 cups flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp Serjella Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tbsp fresh oregano
450 g chopped tomato with sauce
200 g shredded mozzarella cheese
Salt and pepper
Preparation
- Preheat oven at 190°C.
- Mix instant yeast with one cup of warm water. Set aside.
- Sift the flour over a big bowl.
- Add sugar, salt, yeast mixture and olive oil.
- Mix until you get a soft, consistent dough.
- Knead the dough into a ball and brush it with olive oil.
- Cover it and let it rest for one hour.
- In a saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add the garlic, chopped tomato and oregano. Season with salt and pepper.
- Cook for 5 minutes, stirring continuously.
- Spread the dough on a surface sprinkled with flour. Knead and roll it in the shape if a big circle.
- Brush a round oven tray with olive oil and then spread dough inside it.
- Spread the tomato sauce mixture on top of the dough to cover it completely excpet for the edges.
- Top it with the shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Slice into triangles and serve.
Enjoy it!
