Pizza Margherita

Makes 2 Pizza


Ingredients

• 100 ml tomato passata (sievedes tomatoes) or roasted - tomato sugo
• 2 tbs chopped basil leaves, plus small leaves to garnish
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 4 bocconcini, sliced 1 cm thick
• 2tbs freshly grated parmesan (if you like)
• 8 cherry tomatoes, halved
• Extra vergin olive oil

Pizza bases

• 2 cups (300gr)strong (baker's) flour, plus  extra to dust
• 7 g schet dry active yeast
• 1 tsp caster sugar
• 1tbs olive oil, plus extra to grease

Method

For the pizza bases, sift flour into a large bowl. Stir in yeast sugar and 1 teaspon salt. Make a well in the centre and add 200 ml warm water with the oil. Bring together with a woodon spoon or your hands, then turn out dough onto a floure surface. Knead for 5 minutes by hands ( or in  electric mixer with a dough hook) until the dough is smooth.

Lightly grease the cleaned bowl with a little oil, then add dough and cover with a tea towel. Set a side in a warm place to prove for 1 hour or until doubled in size.

Combine sugo or passata with basil and garlic. Then spread over pizza bases, leaving a 2 cm border. Divide the bocconcini between bases, then scatter with parmesan and scherry tomatoes. Drizzle with olive oil and bake for 8-10 minutes until cheese has melted and pizza bases are crisp and lightly golden around the edges.

Drizzle the pizza with a little more olive oil, garnish with small basil leaves, then serve immediately.


For delicious pizzas, please visit these places in Sydney


http://www.vianapolipizzeria.com.au/


http://www.ventuno.com.au/