Recipe: Delicious pizza margherita

pizza margherita.

You can cook pizza margherita using 22 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of pizza margherita

1. You need of crust.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of hot water.
3. Prepare 1/2 tsp of sugar.
4. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of active dry yeast.
5. Prepare 1 3/4 cup of flour divided.
6. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
7. You need 1 tbsp of olive oil.
8. You need of sauce.
9. It's 14 oz of whole canned tomatoes, undrained.
10. Prepare 1 tbsp of olive oil.
11. It's 1 medium of chopped onion.
12. You need 2 clove of minced garlic.
13. You need 2 tbsp of tomato paste.
14. You need 1 tsp of dried oregano.
15. It's 1/2 tsp of dried basil.
16. It's 1/2 tsp of sugar.
17. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
18. You need 1/4 dash of black pepper.
19. Prepare of toppings.
20. Prepare 3 slice of plum tomatoes.
21. You need 1 packages of mozzarella cheese sliced thin.
22. It's 1/4 bunch of fresh basil, torn.

pizza margherita instructions

1. CRUST:.
2. proof yeast; combine water and sugar in small bowl, sprinkle in yeast..
3. Let stand for 5 minutes until bubbly.
4. Combine salt and 1.5 cups flour in medium bowl.
5. Add yeast and oil. Stir until dough forms..
6. Place on floured surface and flatten slightly..
7. Fold dough in half towards you and press away wit heels of hands. Repeat turning a quarter turn each time..
8. Shape into ball and place in greases bowl. cover with clean towel.
9. Let rise 30-45 minutes until doubled in size..
10. SAUCE:.
11. Chop tomatoes, reserving liquid..
12. Heat oil in medium saucepan..
13. Add onion and cook for 5 minutes until soft..
14. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds..
15. Add tomatoes, juice, paste, orageno, Basil, sugar, salt and pepper. Bring to boil..
16. Simmer 10-15 minutes uncovered stirring often..
17. Grease 12 inch pizza pan..
18. Flatten dough into circle. Place on pan.cover with towel. let sit for 15 minutes..
19. Preheat oven to 450°..
20. Spread sauce..
21. Top with tomatoes, cheese, and Basil. Bake 15-20 minutes until crust begins to brown..