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Margherita pizza on chopping board.

Basic Margherita Pizza

The ultimate base of a pizza.
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Course: Main Course, pizza
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: 00 flour, basic pizza recipe, margherita pizza, pizza topping
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 1 Pizza
Calories: 1389kcal
Author: Martin (Dad What Cooks)
Cost: £3

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 100 g Grated cheese
  • 2 tablespoon Pizza sauce Tomate passata works well
  • ½ teaspoon Oregano chopped
  • 1 drizzle Olive oil
  • 1 ball Pizza dough

Instructions

  • Stretch the pizza dough out onto a lightly floured work surface.
    1 ball Pizza dough
  • Add the tomato sauce base and spread around to cover the entire pizza base apart from 1cm from the edge all around with the back of a spoon.
    2 tbsp Pizza sauce
  • Sprinkle on half of the oregano leaves all over.
    ½ tsp Oregano
  • Add the cheese to cover the tomato base.
    100 g Grated cheese
  • Sprinkle on the rest of the oregano leaves all over the cheese and drizzle with olive oil.
    Cook in the pizza oven for around 60-90 seconds until the cheese bubbles in the middle.
    1 drizzle Olive oil, ½ tsp Oregano

Nutrition

Calories: 1389kcal | Carbohydrates: 191g | Protein: 54g | Fat: 47g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 100mg | Sodium: 3623mg | Potassium: 179mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 1149IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 727mg | Iron: 11mg
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