Fresh Margherita Pizza
"Delicious if you use fresh, particularly fresh from the garden, vegetables and spices. Still good if you use things from the pantry."
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
8 pieces
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 roma tomatoes
- 4 ounces mozzarella cheese
- 1 pizza crust
- 1⁄3 cup fresh basil leaf
- 1 garlic clove
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- salt
- pepper
directions
- Heat oven to 425.
- Roll out dough so it is nice and thin and place onto prepared cookie sheet or pizza stone.
- Shred or slice mozzarella and place on dough, spreading out to edges.
- Dice roma tomatoes.
- Slice fresh basil leaves into strips.
- Heat heavy skillet on high heat for 2 minutes.
- Add olive oil and let get hot.
- Add tomatoes and allow to heat until they start to char slightly for about 5 minutes.
- Crush fresh garlic into a bowl.
- Add basil, a little salt, a little pepper, and pepper flakes.
- Add heated tomatoes to this bowl and crush slightly with wooden spoon, but leave some big hunks too. It shouldn't be saucy, really. More like chunky.
- Spoon tomatoey goodness over the crust, leaving some cheese showing.
- Bake at 425 25-30 minutes until dough is lightly browned.
- Add a few whole basil leaves for garnish the last few minutes.
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I am a former fat girl who is into exercise and healthy living. I have lost over 100 pounds on Weight Watchers so all of my recipes will be "point friendly".
