Pizza Margherita

Name: Pizza Margherita
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 175 g mozzarella cheese, grated and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil; 1 × 125 g ball of fresh buffalo mozzarella, torn into pieces; 4 tablespoons Isaac’s roasted tomato sauce; 175 g mozzarella cheese, grated and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil; 6–7 fresh basil leaves; flaky sea salt; 250 g Garden Café pizza dough; 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; semolina or extra flour, for dusting the pizza paddle; semolina or extra flour, for dusting the pizza paddle; semolina or extra flour, for dusting the pizza paddle

Preparation info

Makes
1
Pizza

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ballymaloe Bread Book

By Darina Allen

Published 2023

About

Everyone’s favourite! Possibly the most traditional and universally popular pizza in Italy – the green, white and red are the colours of the Italian flag. As this pizza is only tomato, mozzarella and fresh basil, it’s crucial that each element is of superb quality.

Ingredients

250 g Garden Café pizza dough
semolina or extra flour, for dusting the pizza paddle
3

Europe
Italy
Ireland
Pizza
Vegetarian

Method

This is best made in a wood-burning oven, but otherwise, preheat the oven fully to its maximum temperature or at least 250°C/480°F/gas mark 9.

Slide a heavy baking tray into the oven (turn it upside down if it has edges). Alternatively, put a pizza stone on the floor of the ove