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Pizza Margherita
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Pizza Margherita
Here is the classiest pizza recipe of all! Cooked in a cast-iron skillet, which gives it a perfect crispy crust an chewy texture. Because of cast-iron’s superior thermal qualities (higher volumetric heat capacity, as well as higher conductivity than stone), you can cook pizzas faster than you'd be able to with a regular stone. Cooking times about half as long, leading to a softer, springier, moister crust.
Pizza Margherita
| Prep time: 10 to 15 minutes |
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| Cooking time: 6 to 8 minutes |
| Servings or yield: 1 pizza |
| Difficulty level: Easy |
| 1 homemade pizza dough (view recipe) |
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| 8 oz. homemade pizza sauce (view recipe) |
| 150g fresh mozzarella, sliced |
| 4 to 5 fresh basil leaves, minced |
| 1 tbsp. olive oil |
Preparation
Ready to make every night pizza night? Here we go. First, you'll need to place cast-iron skillet in oven and preheat the oven to 525˚ or as hot as it'll go. If the pizza dough is in the fridge, take it out at least 1h in advance.
As soon as the oven is ready, lightly flour your work area and using your fingers and hand palms stretch out the dough, working it into a flattened round.
Remove the cast iron skillet from the oven and place on a safe dish, be careful it is hot! Set the dough snugly in the pan (watch your digits). Pull the sides of the dough up the sides of the pan so it doesn't slump back down, being sure to distribute the dough evenly (again, watch your digits).
Brush the top of the dough with olive oil. Spread the sauce over the dough. Add fresh mozzarella, slide that pizza into the oven and bake for 6-8 minutes until the cheese is melted, bubbling, and golden.
Remove from oven, add minced basil, serve and enjoy!
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Preparation steps
1 - Ready to make every night pizza night? Here we go. First, you'll need to place cast-iron skillet in oven and preheat the oven to 525˚ or as hot as it'll go. If the pizza dough is in the fridge, take it out at least 1h in advance.
2 - As soon as the oven is ready, lightly flour your work area and using your fingers and hand palms stretch out the dough, working it into a flattened round.
3 - Remove the cast iron skillet from the oven and place on a safe dish, be careful it is hot! Set the dough snugly in the pan (watch your digits). Pull the sides of the dough up the sides of the pan so it doesn't slump back down, being sure to distribute the dough evenly (again, watch your digits). Brush the top of the dough with olive oil.
4 - Spread the sauce over the dough.
5 - Add fresh mozzarella, slide that pizza into the oven and bake for 6-8 minutes until the cheese is melted, bubbling, and golden.
6 - Remove from oven, add minced basil, serve and enjoy!
