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Margherita pizza on a wooden pizza peel
Margherita pizza on a wooden pizza peel

Classic Margherita Pizza

By Ooni HQ
By Ooni HQ
Vegetarian

A light and fluffy crust, sweet tomatoes and bubbly mozzarella garnished with fragrant basil. That’s all you need for a classic Margherita pizza—the perfect place to start on your journey in home pizza-making—as well as a tried-and-true recipe for when you’re looking to serve up something tasty and timeless.

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Method

Note

Make sure to prepare your dough ahead of time to ensure it rises at room temperature before firing up your oven, about 4 hours before cooking. Make your sauce ahead, or pull it together in the time it takes to warm up your oven.

  1. Fire up your Ooni oven. Aim for 930 ˚F (500 ˚C) on the stone baking board inside. You can check the temperature inside your oven quickly and easily using an infrared thermometer.

  2. Using a small amount of flour, dust your work surface and your pizza peel.

  3. Stretch the pizza dough ball out to 12 or 16 inches (30 or 41 centimeter) and lay it out on your pizza peel.

  4. Top with sauce, followed by the mozzarella and olive oil, spreading both evenly on the dough and leaving room for the cornicione, or crust (about a ½ inch or 1 centimeter).

  5. Slide the pizza off the peel and into your oven and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, making sure to rotate the pizza every 20 seconds for an even bake.

  6. Once cooked, remove the pizza from the oven and top with whole, fresh basil leaves.

  7. Slice, serve and enjoy!

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