Description
Enjoy a delicious homemade pizza with fresh ingredients.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ball Homemade Pizza Dough
- 1/3 cup Easy Pizza Sauce
- 2 to 3 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese (or about 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella)
- Parmesan cheese, for topping (optional)
- Kosher salt
- 2 basil leaves
- Semolina flour or cornmeal, for dusting the pizza peel
Instructions
- Make the pizza dough: Prepare the dough using this pizza dough recipe. (This takes about 15 minutes to make and 45 minutes to rest.)
- Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 500°F (or preheat your pizza oven).
- Make the pizza sauce.
- Slice the mozzarella into 1/4 inch thick pieces. If it’s incredibly watery fresh mozzarella (all brands vary), allow it to sit on a paper towel for 15 minutes, then dab the mozzarella with the paper towel to remove any additional moisture.
- When the oven is ready, stretch the dough into a circle. Sprinkle a pizza peel with semolina flour or cornmeal, then carefully place the dough on top. Spread the pizza sauce across the dough. Top with mozzarella cheese. Top with a thin layer of fresh grated Parmesan cheese and a few pinches of kosher salt.
- If you’re baking in a pizza oven, add the basil leaves. For baking in a standard oven, skip this step.
- Transfer the pizza to the pizza stone on the pizza peel, then bake until the cheese is melted, about 7 minutes in the oven (or 1 minute in the pizza oven). Allow the pizza to cool for a minute or two before adding the basil on top (whole leaves, lightly torn, or thinly sliced).
- Slice into pieces and serve immediately.
Notes
- For best results, ensure all ingredients are fresh.
- If using fresh mozzarella, be sure to remove excess moisture before adding to the pizza.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 25mg