Creative Cooking Italian Recipe
Jim Cole's Beautiful Margherita Pizza
Recipe Introduction
I chose Margherita Pizza because pizza is defiantly my favorite thing to eat. I love all kinds of pizza and I constantly trying new kinds of pizza whenever I can. My favorite kind is buffalo chicken pizza but I never had tried margherita pizza before, and It's my moms favorite type of pizza.
(Yield one 14 inch pizza)
Step 1
Acquire necessary ingredients and equipment and pre-heat the oven to 425 degrees
Step 2
Add warm water to a packet of yeast in the mixing bowl
Step 3
Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 2 1/4 cups of flour and a half teaspoon of salt and mix on high speed until the dough sticks to the hook.
Step 4
Remove dough from mixer and place on a floured surface and work the dough into a ball
Step 5
Prepare a half cup of basil, a quarter cup of parsley, and half the 1 cup of tomatoes.
Step 6
Crumble the 4 ounces of goat cheese to prepare for the pizza
Step 7
Knead the pizza into a flat pizza circle then lightly coat the dough in olive oil. Then top the pizza with vegetables and cheese
Step 8
Remove from the oven after 14 minutes, slice, and enjoy!
Equipment
- Kitchen Mixer with dough hook attachment
- Oven set to 425 degrees
- Kitchen knife
- pizza cutter
- cooling rack
Comments
This pizza was very simple to make as well as delicious! As you can tell, I do not have a picture of the finished pizza because I was so excited to eat that I actually forgot to take a picture. In reflection I wish I had more tomatoes and maybe less basil because there was a lot of green on the pizza however it was still delicious!
Source
FoodNetwork.com