Homemade Margherita Pizza – Simple, Fresh & Delicious 🍕

Name: Homemade Margherita Pizza – Simple, Fresh & Delicious 🍕
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 160 ml Water; 7 g Sugar; 2 g Dry yeast; 10 ml Olive oil; 200 g Bread flour; 5 g Salt; 4 Tomatoes; 2 Tbsp Tomato sauce; 1 Bell pepper; 1/2 Onion; 1 Tbsp Minced garlic; 1 tsp Basil powder; 1/2 Tbsp Balsamic vinegar; Mozzarella cheese; leaves Basil

AllDay Meal @alldaymeal

Classic Italian Taste at Home

There is something timeless about a Margherita pizza. With its simple harmony of fresh tomatoes, creamy mozzarella, and fragrant basil, it embodies the essence of Italian cuisine: pure, honest, and full of flavor. Baked until the crust turns golden and crisp, it is not just a meal but an experience—one that brings the warmth of Naples straight to your table. Today, we invite you to rediscover the beauty of simplicity with this classic recipe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nVVaw9LQxU

Classic Italian Taste at Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nVVaw9LQxU

AllDay Meal @alldaymeal

Classic Italian Taste at Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nVVaw9LQxU

Classic Italian Taste at Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nVVaw9LQxU

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Ingredients

2 Hours

1 serving

Dough
160 mlWater
7 gSugar
2 gDry yeast
10 mlOlive oil
200 gBread flour
5 gSalt
Sauce
4Tomatoes
2 TbspTomato sauce
1Bell pepper
1/2Onion
1 TbspMinced garlic
1 tspBasil powder
1/2 TbspBalsamic vinegar
Topping
Mozzarella cheese
leavesBasil

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Steps

2 Hours

1

Dough
2

Dissolve the sugar in lukewarm water.
3

Add the yeast, stir gently, and let it rest for about 10 minutes.
4

Stir in the olive oil.
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Mix the flour with salt, coating it evenly.
6

Gradually pour in the yeast mixture and fold with a spatula until a soft dough forms.
7

Lightly coat with olive oil, cover with plastic wrap, and let it cold-ferment in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
8

Take out the dough, dust with flour, and knead lightly.
9

Cover again with plastic wrap and allow a second rise for 30 minutes.
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Sauce
11

Finely chop the onion.
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Dice the bell pepper into similar small pieces.
13

Score the tomatoes with a cross cut.
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Boil the tomatoes for 2 minutes, then transfer to ice water and peel. Chop finely.
15

In a pan, sauté the onion, bell pepper, garlic, tomatoes, tomato sauce, basil powder, and balsamic vinegar over medium heat until thickened.
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Pizza
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After 30 minutes, take one portion of dough and press gently from the center outward, leaving the edges untouched to form the crust.
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Place the dough in a dry skillet and spread the tomato sauce over the center.
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Cook over high heat for 1–2 minutes until the base begins to puff and brown.
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Transfer to a preheated oven at 250 °C (480 °F), top with fresh mozzarella, and bake for 8 minutes until golden and bubbling.
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Finish with fresh basil leaves on top.