Easy Pizza Margherita Recipe | Stretch-Top-Bake in the Ooni
The greatest pizza of all time: The Pizza Margherita. A quick and easy Margherita pizza recipe using my World’s Best Tomato Sauce Recipe, fresh basil, fresh mozzarella, and olive oil all baked up in the Ooni Pizza Oven. Check out the video to see how it’s done!
For this bake in the Ooni Koda 16 I’m using the recipe in my homemade sourdough pizza dough recipe and how to. If you’re using store bought dough check out my video on How to Make Store Bought Dough Awesome. If you enjoyed please subscribe to the Santa Barbara Baker YouTube Channel and share with your pizza friends and fam. Thank you and much love to all that have!
Easy Pizza Margherita
Ingredients
- 100 g Fresh Mozzarella Hand torn right onto the pizza I like best.
- 4 oz World's Best Pizza Sauce I use Bianco DiNapoli Whole Peeled Tomatoes. (recipe). Super quick and easy!
- Fresh Basil Generous handful. I go big!
- Olive Oil
- 1 dough ball Pizza Dough I'm using my easy no knead dough, but my naturally fermented (sourdough) recipe also comes out amazing. Using store bought dough? Check out my vid on How to Make Store Bought Dough Awesome!
Instructions
- Watch the video for the full how to!
- Preheat your Ooni Pizza Oven for at least 30 minutes, I like to heat the center of the oven deck to around 850f before loading this style of pizza.
- Begin building the pizza by applying 2-3oz (you just want a thin slick) of tomato sauce (I use a ladle) to the stretched dough.
- Add a generous amount of whole basil leaves
- Top with fresh mozzarella. You can tear the mozzarella into marble sized chunks directly onto the pizza or cube or cut into strips ahead of time.
- Drizzle with olive oil.
- Let the crust set on a wire rack for a least 20 seconds. Top with additional fresh basil if desired. Slice, serve immediately. I serve my pizza on this 14" Wooden Pizza Peel.
Notes
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