Reviews

Add Rating & Review

Back to Christian Petroni’s Margherita Pizza

All Reviews for Christian Petroni’s Margherita Pizza

  • of Reviews

Reviews:

Most Helpful

Most Helpful

Most Positive

Least Positive

Newest

Gallery

Christian Petroni’s Margherita Pizza

                              Credit: 
                              Bryan Gardner

Recipe Summary

Yield: Makes one 12-inch pizza

Ingredients

Ingredient Checklist

8 ounces Christian Petroni’s Pizza Dough

Semolina, for peel

4 to 6 tablespoons Simple Tomato Sauce for Pizza

2 to 4 ounces fresh mozzarella, drained, cut into 1-inch pieces

5 to 7 fresh basil leaves

1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

2 tablespoons best-quality olive oil

Semolina, for dusting

      Cook's Notes

If using a gas oven – once in the oven, turn the oven off, and turn broiler to high, and cook for 3 minutes. Bake until golden and bubbly, then turn oven back on to 500 degrees and cook for another 4 minutes.

Gallery

Christian Petroni’s Margherita Pizza

                              Credit: 
                              Bryan Gardner

Recipe Summary

Yield: Makes one 12-inch pizza

Christian Petroni’s Margherita Pizza

                              Credit: 
                              Bryan Gardner

Christian Petroni’s Margherita Pizza

                              Credit: 
                              Bryan Gardner

Christian Petroni’s Margherita Pizza

Recipe Summary

Yield: Makes one 12-inch pizza

Recipe Summary

Yield: Makes one 12-inch pizza

Yield: Makes one 12-inch pizza

Makes one 12-inch pizza

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces Christian Petroni’s Pizza Dough
  • Semolina, for peel
  • 4 to 6 tablespoons Simple Tomato Sauce for Pizza
  • 2 to 4 ounces fresh mozzarella, drained, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 5 to 7 fresh basil leaves
  • 1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
  • 2 tablespoons best-quality olive oil
  • Semolina, for dusting

Directions

Preheat oven to the highest temperature possible with a pizza stone on the upper rack, for 1 hour.

Stretch pizza dough with your fingers, working in a circular motion, with your fingers positioned between the center of the dough and the edge, forming a rough disk that will gradually become thiner as you proceed. Then toss dough between the palms of your hands, allowing gravity to stretch it, and the center becomes thinner. Use your fists to move the dough in a circular motion to further stretch it, until it is about 12 inches in diameter, with the edge being slightly thicker. Place dough on a pizza peel lightly sprinkled with semolina to ensure it won’t stick.

Using a small ladle, evenly spread tomato sauce over the surface of the dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Distribute mozzarella uniformly over sauce; garnish with basil leaves. Sprinkle with Parmigiano-Reggiano, and drizzle with one tablespoon olive oil.

When transferring pizza to the heated pizza stone in the oven, use one continuous, but quick, jerking motion. Once in the oven, turn the oven off, and turn broiler to high, and cook for 5 to 6 minutes. Serve drizzled with remaining tablespoon of olive oil.

      Cook's Notes

If using a gas oven – once in the oven, turn the oven off, and turn broiler to high, and cook for 3 minutes. Bake until golden and bubbly, then turn oven back on to 500 degrees and cook for another 4 minutes.

Cook’s Notes

If using a gas oven – once in the oven, turn the oven off, and turn broiler to high, and cook for 3 minutes. Bake until golden and bubbly, then turn oven back on to 500 degrees and cook for another 4 minutes.

Reviews

Add Rating & Review

Reviews

Add Rating & Review

Add Rating & Review

All Reviews for Christian Petroni’s Margherita Pizza

  • of Reviews

Reviews:

Most Helpful

Most Helpful

Most Positive

Least Positive

Newest

All Reviews for Christian Petroni’s Margherita Pizza

  • of Reviews

Reviews:

Most Helpful

Most Helpful

Most Positive

Least Positive

Newest

Reviews:

Most Helpful

Most Helpful

Most Positive

Least Positive

Newest