Pizza “Margarita” with marinara sauce – a detailed recipe cooking. 
Photo of the dish: МариоBatali Time: 1 hour. Difficulty: medium Servings: 4 – 6 In recipes volumetric containers are used in volume: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cups (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (Art.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 110 gr. thinly sliced mozzarella
- 10 washed basil leaves
- 1/2 serving pizza dough (see recipe below)
- Flour for working with dough and dusting the shoulder blades
- 2 tbsp. marinara sauce (see recipe below)
- 1/2 tsp coarse salt
- Ground black pepper
Pizza dough:
- 1 tbsp. warm water
- 3 tbsp. l olive oil plus some more when the need
- 2 tsp Sahara
- 1.5 tsp coarse salt
- 3 tbsp. premium flour, plus a little more to work with the test
- 1.5 tsp active dry yeast
Marinara sauce:
- 3.5 tbsp. (approximately 1 jar weighing 800 g.) coarsely chopped pureed canned whole tomatoes in mashed potatoes
- 2 tbsp. l olive oil
- 1/4 (about 3 tbsp.) Diced onion heads medium size
- 3 cloves garlic
- Sprig of fresh thyme
- Sprig of fresh basil
- 2 tsp coarse salt
- Ground black pepper
Recipes with similar ingredients: marinara sauce, yeast dough, premium flour, tomatoes, onions, garlic, mozzarella cheese, thyme, basil
Recipe preparation:
- Prepare 1 serving of the recipe and let it rise in according to the instructions in the recipe. Obomnite dough, divide it cut in half and form 2 loose balls. Put one ball in well oiled dense plastic bag, with this base you can take another time, keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Put another ball on a floured surface, cover with a large inverted bowl and let stand for 15 minutes. grate the oven, place a large baking stone and preheat oven to 205 ° C.
- Sprinkle flour with a wooden spatula and place on it dough. Squeezing the dough with your palms, form a disk out of it, turning dough between compressions. Keep squeezing and stretching the dough until do not get a circle with a diameter of 30 cm. and a thickness of about 0.3 cm. Lubricate the pizza base with marinara sauce, laying it thin thin layer and leaving an edge of 0.5 cm. around the pizza. Salt and pepper. Put the mozzarella on top. Place the pizza on a baking stone and leave in the oven for 10-14 minutes, until the cheese has melted (until bubbles), and the base will not brown. Take the pizza out of the oven, pick basil leaves and sprinkle pizza on them. Cut the wheel for pizza and serve immediately.
- Dough for 30 cm. пиццы:В мерном стакане дляliquids mix water, olive oil, sugar and salt. Stir until sugar dissolves. Add flour and yeast to a large bowl and center in the center to add liquid ingredients. Wooden spoon or hands gradually mix flour with liquid to make a coarse dough. Collect the dough into a bowl (if a little flour is left, do not worry.) Put the dough on a clean work surface, sprinkled with flour. Knead the dough until smooth and elastic. about 5 minutes, adding more flour if necessary so that it does not sticky. Divide the dough into 4 equal portions, form balls, put them on a lightly greased baking sheet. Grease the surface of the dough with butter, cover with cling film and let stand at room temperature until a 2-fold increase in volume, approximately 45 minutes
- Quick sauce Маринара:В сотейнике среднегоmedium heat over medium heat. Fry stirring onions and garlic until they are slightly browned, about 3 minutes Add the tomatoes and sprigs of basil and thyme, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, lid, in for 10 min. Remove and discard the twigs of herbs. Add salt and pepper to taste. Use 2 tbsp., Keep the rest, covering, in refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze and store for up to 2 months. Output: about 3.5 tbsp.
