Pizza Margherita

Name: Pizza Margherita
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps torn fresh basil; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 85 grams buffalo mozzarella, cut into small pieces; 0 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil, divided; 10 inches Basic Pizza Dough; 6 slices very thin tomato slices

Pizza Margherita requires approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 8 servings with 45 calories, 2g of protein, and 3g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have torn basil, olive oil, basic pizza dough, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Position an oven rack in the lowest setting.

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Place a pizza stone on the lowest oven rack.

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Preheat oven to 50

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Preheat pizza stone 30 minutes before baking pizza.

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Gently brush 1/2 teaspoon oil over Basic Pizza Dough. Pat tomato slices with a paper towel. Arrange cheese over dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Top with tomato slices. Slide dough onto preheated pizza stone, using a spatula as a guide.

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