Pizza with Tomatoes, Mozzarella and Basil
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- One 28-ounce can whole tomatoes, drained and chopped
- Salt
- 1 pound room-temperature pizza dough
- 10 ounces buffalo mozzarella, thinly sliced
- 16 basil leaves, torn
- Put a pizza stone on the oven floor and preheat the oven to 500, allowing at least 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a medium skillet, heat the 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- Add the tomatoes and cook over high heat, stirring a few times, until slightly thickened, about 4 minutes.
- Season with salt.
- Cut the pizza dough into 4 pieces and pat each one into a disk.
- Transfer the disks to a floured baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 20 minutes.
- On a lightly floured work surface, roll 1 disk of dough into a 9-inch round.
- Transfer it to a floured pizza peel or flat cookie sheet.
- Spoon about 1/4 cup of the tomatoes over the dough.
- Top with one-fourth of the mozzarella and drizzle with olive oil.
- Slide the pizza onto the hot stone and bake for about 4 minutes, or until browned around the edges and bubbling.
- Transfer the pizza to a work surface and sprinkle with 4 basil leaves.
- Cut it into 4 wedges and serve immediately.
- Repeat with the remaining pizza dough, tomatoes, cheese, olive oil and basil.
extravirgin olive oil, tomatoes, salt, dough, buffalo mozzarella, basil
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/pizza-tomatoes-mozzarella-and-basil (may not work)