Italian Basil Pizza
Italian pizza made with pizza dough, topped with blended basil and garlic sauce and mozzarella, then baked.
Ingredients
pizza dough (rolled into a 5 mm-thick crust)
100 g
mozzarella cheese (shredded)
100 g
tomato sauce (for spreading)
50 g
basil leaves (chopped and blended with garlic into a sauce)
50 g
garlic (peeled and blended with the basil into a sauce)
to taste
oregano (mixed herb)
to taste
salt (for seasoning)
to taste
olive oil (for blending the sauce, greasing the baking tray, and drizzling)
to taste
Instructions
1
Make the basil sauce
Chop the basil leaves and peel the garlic. Put the garlic and chopped basil into a blender, adding olive oil as you blend. Blend until smooth, then set aside.
2
Roll the crust
Roll the pizza dough into a 5 mm-thick crust and place it on a baking tray brushed with olive oil. Spread the tomato sauce evenly over the crust.
3
Add the toppings
Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese, salt, and oregano evenly over the crust. Add basil sauce to taste and drizzle with a little olive oil.
4
Bake
Bake in an oven at 250°C for 5 minutes.
5
Finish
Remove the pizza from the oven and garnish with basil leaves.
