Neapolitan Margherita Pizza

Pizza alla Napoletana

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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    5

    pizzas ( 12 inches , or 30 cm , each)
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      24 hr

Appears in
The Italian Family Kitchen: Authentic Recipes That Celebrate Homestyle Italian Cooking

By Eva Santaguida and Harper Alexander

Published 2024

  • About

The biggest challenge with making real Neapolitan-style pizza at home is achieving a suitable oven temperature. A wood pizza oven reaches temperatures of about 900°F (485°C), and a pizza can cook in it in around 90 seconds. The longer the cook time, the denser and chewier the dough will be. The usual home solution—a pizza stone or steel—makes the best of a poor situation. In order to pull off the best pizza possible in a normal oven, the dough must be highly hydrated, as in the case of this