Neapolitan Style Margherita Pizza Recipe

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As such, true Neapolitan pizza is held to a high standard of rules, orally transmitted by generations of Neapolitan pizza-makers. Ingredients must only be sourced from Campania regions of Italy.

As a firm believer of eating local, most of the ingredients for this pizza are sourced locally from Sacramento. Thus, this is a “Neapolitan style” pizza, and not a true to tradition Neapolitan pizza.

Ingredients Pizza Dough Tomato Sauce Mozzarella Basil

Step 01

If using your own cold ferment dough, remove from cold storage and begin using within 5 minutes. If using store-bought pizza, follow instructions on label for how long to leave on counter.

Step 02

Lightly dust marble surface with Caputo 00 flour. Set ball of dough in bowl of flour, on each side.

Step 03

Place ball of dough on marble surface. Begin pressing with fingers to form thick edge, starting from the center to create a base.

Step 04

Flip the dough over and continue to press out the edges. Begin stretching the dough. Pull from the sides and rotate 45-90 degrees on each pull.

Step 05

When the pizza has been stretched to an appropriate size, place onto your peel, also dusted with flour.

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