Pizza Margherita
This is a pizza margherita recipe from scratch.
Servings 2 pizza
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup lukewarm water
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp active dry yeast
- 2 cups all purpose flour maida
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp pizza sauce
- 1/3 cup mozzarella cheese grated
Instructions
- Take lukewarm water in a bowl. Add sugar and active dry yeast to it. Mix it well.
- Leave it for 10 minutes or until it becomes foamy on top.
- Now take flour in a glass bowl. Add yeast mixture and salt to it. Mix it well.
- Transfer it to the working bench and add flour to it.
- Knead it for 10 minutes. Add more flour if required. Prepare a soft dough.
- Fold and tuck the dough to make the top smooth.
- Transfer it to a greased bowl. Cover it with cling wrap.
- Let it rest for 1 hour or until doubles in size.
- Take it out after 1 hour. Fold and tuck the dough again. Cover it with a cling wrap.
- Keep it in refrigerator overnight or 8 hours.
- Remove it from the bowl and divide it into 2 portions.
- Take flour and place one portion on it. Use your fingers to stretch it.
- Now lift it up and use your knuckles carefully to stretch it until it is thin in the centre.
- Transfer it gently to a floured wooden board.
- Meanwhile preheat the oven at 230°C/446°F.
- Apply pizza sauce on the pizza base. Spread it all over the pizza.
- Add grated mozzarella cheese to it.
- Transfer it to the pizza tray or pizza stone carefully.
- Bake it for 8-10 minutes @ 230°C/446°F.
- Take it out and cut it into desired size using a pizza cutter.
- Margherita pizza is ready.