One of the most common traditional pizzas is the homemade margarita pizza. We hear it in many places, and we see it in many restaurants. Homemade Margherita pizza recipe is an easy formula. I tried Samsa with chicken. It is also known as “Margherita” and is based on Neapolitan pizza dough, with only 6 ingredients to accompany it. These are the ones you will need to be able to do it.Â
Ingredients of the homemade Margherita pizza recipe
What ‘s the margarita pizza? Remember that there are only six ingredients for margarita pizza:
- 220 grams of dough for pizza.
- 90 grams of mozzarella cheese
- Fresh basil leaves (will be placed to taste).
- 100 grams of tomato sauce for pizza.
- Salt and pepper (they will be placed to taste).
- Olive oil (to be placed to taste).
- Oregano dry to taste.
How to make homemade margarita pizza
This type of pizza is very simple to make and will not require too much time. Look at the steps to prepare it:
We will need to have the pizza dough ready or ready to use it. Light the oven at a temperature of 250 ° C for 10 minutes so that it is hot when introducing the pizza. Spread the greased dough on a tray to begin placing the ingredients. Never refrigerate eggs, salt, and pepper.
Now, place the sauce on the base of the pizza; then we add salt and pepper to taste. Chop about 3 or 4 leaves of basil and place them on the sauce. Place olive oil to taste above the pizza. Cut the mozzarella cheese into slices and distribute it on the surface of the pizza. Place the pizza in the oven at a temperature of 250 ° C for 10 to 15 minutes.
After that, spread a few more basil leaves and olive oil. Spread the dried oregano all over the pizza.
Ready! Enjoy homemade margarita pizza. Now, take out and allow it to be tempered just enough so that you can eat it very hot and freshly made. You will see that good; you will be surprised.
Fun facts and history of the homemade margarita pizza
They say that the origin of this pizza goes back to 1871 to honor the Queen of Italy, Margarita de Saboya. Chef Raffaele Esposito Brandi, who created the Margarita pizza. In it, he wanted to represent the colors of the Italian flag using tomato, mozzarella cheese, and basil.
The homemade margarita pizza despite its simplicity is delicious. As always the key is in the good quality of the ingredients; to start a good pizza dough, for my fine and crunchy taste, a good tomato, mozzarella cheese, and basil are essential. Then you can have some added as in my case that I enrich it with good cooked ham and I have no choice but to substitute basil for oregano since my little ones that basil is not going anything.
