Pizza Margherita
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 6 very thin tomato slices
- 3 ounces buffalo mozzarella, cut into small pieces
- 3 tablespoons torn fresh basil
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Position an oven rack in the lowest setting. Place a pizza stone on the lowest oven rack.
- Preheat oven to 500u0b0. Preheat pizza stone 30 minutes before baking pizza.
- 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.
- Bake at 500u0b0 for 9 minutes or until crust is golden. Remove from pizza stone. Drizzle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil. Sprinkle with basil, salt, and black pepper. Cut into 8 wedges.
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extravirgin olive oil, tomato, buffalo mozzarella, fresh basil, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper
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