Pizza Margherita

Ingredients

• •Pizza dough
• •San Marzano tomatoes
• •Mozzarella
• •Fresh basil
• •Olive oil
• •Salt

Steps

1. 1Punch down a ball of well-fermented pizza dough and, on a floured surface, stretch it by hand from the center outward into a thin round, leaving a slightly thicker rim.
2. 2Spread crushed San Marzano tomatoes over the base in a thin, even layer, leaving the rim bare.
3. 3Season the tomato layer lightly with salt.
4. 4Tear fresh mozzarella into small pieces and scatter them evenly over the tomato.
5. 5Drizzle a little olive oil over the top.
6. 6Slide the pizza into a very hot wood-fired oven, or the hottest setting of a home oven with a preheated stone.
7. 7Bake for one to two minutes in a wood-fired oven, or several minutes in a home oven, watching closely until the crust puffs up and chars in spots and the cheese melts and bubbles.
8. 8Remove the pizza, scatter fresh basil leaves over the top, and slice immediately.