How To Make a Margherita Pizza

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The Margherita pizza bears the colors of Italy's flag: red tomato sauce, white mozzarella cheese, and green basil.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Enough pizza dough for a 12" to 14" pizza
6 oz. fresh mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced
5 oz. fresh tomato sauce
Several fresh basil leaves, chopped
2 oz. extra-virgin olive oil
A 16-inch pizza pan
A large spoon or ladle
A pizza cutter

Step 1: Preheat oven

Preheat the oven to 500˚ F.

Step 2: Oil the pan

Oil the pizza pan with 1 oz. of olive oil; save the other ounce for later.

Step 3: Place the dough

Place the pizza dough on the center of the pan and prod, push, and stretch it with your fingers and the heels of your hands into a 14" circle about a 1⁄4" thick.

Tip: If you don't have time to make the dough, you can buy it from your local pizzeria.

Step 4: Spread the sauce

Ladle the tomato sauce onto the center of the dough, and spread it evenly outward in circular motions with the back of the spoon or ladle. Be sure to leave a 1⁄2" border of dough uncovered at the edges.

Step 5: Place the mozzarella

Place the mozzarella slices on top of the sauce.

Step 6: Put the pizza in oven

Place the pizza pan in the oven on a middle shelf.

Step 7: Bake

Bake 10 to 12 minutes, turning the pan about midway through, until the crust is golden brown and crisp on the edges and the bottom.

Step 8: Remove the pizza

Remove the pizza pan from the oven and place on a flat, heat-resistance surface, like a large cutting board.

Step 9: Sprinkle basil

Sprinkle the basil over the pizza, then drizzle on the remaining olive oil.

Step 10: Slice and serve

Slice into even pieces using a pizza cutter, and serve.

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[HotShotVQ35]

thats the shittiest pizza i ever saw

[rayster18]

Hey mom what did u make for dinner?......SHIT PIZZA

[brewertayler]

Real pizza bro's.

[Sk8erboy1704]

you americans...this is real pizza not the fat ones you get at pizza hut

[Ionagraingermusic]

Why is there circles?

[ndubz86]

that is sm shit pizza fuck u man

[mintman123456789]

im so hungry right now! i would eat that!

[rockywspd]

sooo... no alchohal?

[kristopher081]

@MapleLove5354 No, traditional pizzas do not use shredded cheese

[potionofdoom]

This is not margrita Its POOO i made it and its moving its eating me wow inside it is POO this is how to make a margrita 1 pizza dough some poo some tomate sauce that is 9000000 years old and put them all in the oven and its the same

[DeadlikeaPixel]

Also, To everyone complaining that the mozzerala isn't shredded: WTF. Real pizza (aka italian) isn't supposed to have shredded cheese. Now go and eat your american-ized pizza with shredded processed cheese, litres of grease, disgusting tomato sauce and just plain gross pizza!