Pizza Margarita

Pizza with the history of "Margarita" - perhaps the most simple and at the same time refined Italian pizza, it is not for nothing that it is covered with legends, and the history of its occurrence can be heard in every pizzeria. It is said that in 1889, while visiting Umberto the First by the King of Italy Umberto the First, his wife Margarita of Savoy desired to try pizza - a favorite dish of the Italian poor. In the court kitchen invited a local chef, who cooked pizza in the colors of the Italian flag: red, white, green. Pizza was not only beautiful, but also its taste delighted the queen. Pizza was first called "Patriotic" because of the color scheme, but the people who heard about the queen's favor to this dish quickly renamed pizza to "Margarita". If you want to feel like the most august person, prepare Margarita and be sure, you will not remain indifferent, despite the fact that there are no meat additives in this pizza. The recipe is designed for 2 pizzas up to 30 cm in diameter.

Pizza with the history of "Margarita" - perhaps the most simple and at the same time refined Italian pizza, it is not for nothing that it is covered with legends, and the history of its occurrence can be heard in every pizzeria. It is said that in 1889, while visiting Umberto the First by the King of Italy Umberto the First, his wife Margarita of Savoy desired to try pizza - a favorite dish of the Italian poor. In the court kitchen invited a local chef, who cooked pizza in the colors of the Italian flag: red, white, green. Pizza was not only beautiful, but also its taste delighted the queen. Pizza was first called "Patriotic" because of the color scheme, but the people who heard about the queen's favor to this dish quickly renamed pizza to "Margarita". If you want to feel like the most august person, prepare Margarita and be sure, you will not remain indifferent, despite the fact that there are no meat additives in this pizza. The recipe is designed for 2 pizzas up to 30 cm in diameter.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour 3 tbsp.
• Salt 1 tsp.
• Sugar 1 tsp.
• Olive oil 2 tbsp. l.
• Yeast, dry 11 g
• Water 250 ml
• Olive oil 2 tbsp. l.
• Cheese Parmesan 100 g
• Mozzarella cheese 300 g
• Tomatoes 200 g
• Basil green fresh 2 g
• Tomato sauce 6 tbsp. l.
• Basil dry 0.5 tsp.
• Oregano dry 0.5 tsp.

Instructions

• Step 1 To prepare the dough, take the following foods: flour, sugar, salt, water, olive oil and yeast. For the filling we need: tomato sauce, dried basil and oregano, Parmesan and Mozzarella cheeses, tomatoes, green basil leaves (can be replaced with other greens).
• Step 2 Dissolve salt and sugar in warm water.
• Step 3 Yeast should be used according to the instructions on the package, in this case mixed with the sifted flour.
• Step 4 Gradually add to the flour mixed with yeast, an aqueous solution with additives, knead elastic dough first with a spoon or spatula, and then with a hand.
• Step 5 Pour a little olive oil and knead the dough until smooth. Olive oil has the property of not getting inside the food, but enveloping them. Added on the last stage of the kneading, the butter makes the dough very elastic.
• Step 6 Cover the dishes with a napkin and put them in a warm place for 2 hours. Dough should increase significantly in volume.
• Step 7 Knead the dough and then divide it into 2 pieces (you will get 2 pizzas up to 30 cm in diameter). Dough stretch your hands in a thin pancake with a thickened edge and transfer to a mold or a baking sheet. Pizza does not like rolling pin, she likes warm hands. If the dough is prepared correctly, they can tighten the arm like a glove, and it will not break.
• Step 8 Lubricate the dough with olive oil. This is a very important element of cooking - the surface of the dough, which comes into contact with the juicy filling, will never get wet, and the pizza will be especially tasty.
• Step 9 On top of the oil, grease the dough with tomato sauce.
• Step 10 Grate Parmesan with fine shavings, covering the entire surface with a uniform layer. Top with dried basil and oregano.
• Step 11 Cut the tomatoes and slices into Mozzarella with thin mugs.
• Step 12 Lay the tomatoes and cheese, alternating in color and creating a pattern that your fantasy tells.
• Step 13 Bake pizza for 10-15 minutes at 220 ° C. Since Mozzarella quickly forms a crispy crust, and we need to keep white, 3-5 minutes before cooking, we need to add fresh pieces of Mozzarella and, as soon as it melts, immediately take out the pizza. Decorate with fresh basil leaves - and the Italian tricolor is ready. Unfortunately, I could not buy a green basil, so I used the leaves of a lettuce root.