Margherita Pizza

Name: Margherita Pizza
Yield: Makes one 12-inch (30-cm) pizza; serves 2–4
Ingredients: Fresh basil leaves, for garnish; One 6–8 oz (170–225 g) ball fresh mozzarella cheese, preferably buffalo, sliced and torn into pieces; Extra-virgin olive oil, for brushing and drizzling; ⅓–½ cup (80–120 ml) All-Purpose Pizza Sauce; Semolina flour, for dusting; One 9-oz (250-g) ball NY Style Pizza Dough

Preparation info

Makes one 12 inch pizza; serves
2–4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Williams Sonoma Pizza

By Williams Sonoma

Published 2024

About

The original pizza from Naples, this is the one that all others are measured by. Because of its simplicity, it really is the sum of its parts. For best results, be sure to blot slices of buffalo mozzarella as dry as possible.

Ingredients

One 6–8 oz (170–225 g) ball fresh mozzarella cheese, preferably buffalo, sliced and torn into pieces

Pizza
Vegetarian

Method

Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and place a pizza stone on the rack. Preheat the oven to 550°F/290°C (or as high as it will go). Once the oven has reached 550°F/290°C, let the stone continue to heat for 15–30 minutes longer, without opening the door.

If using bu