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Italian Basil Pizza

A specialty pizza featuring bold perilla and garlic flavors.

20 min
Easy
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Italian Basil Pizza

Ingredients

Pizza dough 100 g
Mozzarella cheese 100 g
Tomato sauce 50 g
Basil leaves (some chopped, some for garnish) 50 g
Garlic (peeled) to taste
Oregano to taste
Salt to taste
Olive oil to taste

Instructions

1

Make the basil sauce

Chop the basil leaves and peel the garlic. Place the garlic into a blender, add the chopped basil, and pour in olive oil while blending. Process until a smooth paste forms, then set aside.

2

Prepare the dough base

Roll the pizza dough into a 5 mm thick round and place it in a baking tray brushed with olive oil. Spread the tomato sauce evenly over the surface.

3

Assemble

Sprinkle the mozzarella, salt, and oregano evenly over the sauce. Add a generous amount of the basil sauce and drizzle with a little olive oil.

4

Bake

Bake in an oven at 250°C for 5 minutes.

5

Garnish

Remove from the oven and garnish with fresh basil leaves before serving.