Saturday, September 12, 2009

Fress Tomato & Basil Pizza

This pizza was so good! The dough was perfect and the overall taste was delicious! Definitely will be making this again!

Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp yellow cornmeal
- homemade or purchased pizza dough
- 6 tsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 1/3 cups, shredded mozzarella
- 2 Roma tomatoes, cut crosswise into 1/4" thick slices
- 1/4 grated Parmesan
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 6 fresh basil leaves, plus extra for garnish
- 1/2 tsp salt

Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

- Sprinkle cornmeal over pizza baking sheet and roll out dough into over the pan.

- Drizzle 2 teaspoons of oil over the pizza dough. Sprinkle on the mozzarella, leaving a 1" border around the pizza.

- Arrange the tomato slices in a single layer over the cheese, sprinkle with Parmesan.

- Arrange basil leaves on top, drizzle with a little more olive oil and sprinkle garlic all over.

- Bake pizzas until the crusts are crisp and brown on the bottom and the cheese is melted on the top, about 15 minutes.

- Drizzle 1 tsp of oil over the pizza, sprinkle basil for garnish and salt.

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