How to Make Appetizing Homemade Margherita Pizza

Homemade Margherita Pizza.

You can cook Homemade Margherita Pizza using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Homemade Margherita Pizza

1. You need of pizza dough.
2. You need of basil whole leaves.
3. Prepare of tomatoes.
4. Prepare of garlic , minced.
5. It's of mozzarella cheese.

Homemade Margherita Pizza instructions

1. This is a general recipe. A lot of pizza making is technical so adjust dough hydration, temp, and cook times to fit your oven..
2. Crush or lightly puree your tomatoes. In a stock pot, saute garlic a minute or two but do not brown.
3. Add tomato puree and mix well, reduce heat to gentle simmer and let reduce so that it's thick and not soupy. Season to taste.
4. In a bowl add basil leaves and a touch of olive oil to coat them. This will prevent them from drying out and burning..
5. Stretch your dough and put it on your peel, add sauce, mozzarella slices, and basil leaves..
6. Bake at 550F for 8 minutes.