Neapolitan pizza

2024-08-14 15:17:14 Pizza

Ingredients

Buffalo cheese (filtered) 1 piece
All purpose flour 250 g
Warm water 150 ml
Sugar ½ teaspoon
Active dry yeast 3½ g
Salt (divided) 1 teaspoon
Olive oil (divided) 2 tablespoons
Tomato puree 150 ml
Basil 10 g
Cherry tomatoes 50 g
Floor for workbench
Basil for decoration

Steps

1. Put sugar and yeast into warm water and stir until completely dissolved.

2. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. Then pour the olive oil and warm water mixture from step one into the middle of the flour and stir thoroughly to combine.

3. Place the dough on a floured work surface and knead until the dough feels soft but firm. Return the dough to the floured bowl, cover with a kitchen towel, and let rest in a warm, dry place for 1-2 hours until the dough has doubled in size.

4. Place the pizza stone in the unheated oven, and then preheat the oven to 250 degrees.

5. Take the dough out of the bowl. On a floured work surface, flatten to about the size of a pizza stone and place in a pizza shovel.

6. In a small bowl, combine tomato puree, olive oil and salt. Roughly tear the basil leaves and add them to the sauce. Spread a thin layer of sauce on pizza. Transfer the pizza to a pizza stone and bake in the preheated oven at 250 degrees for 6-7 minutes.

7. Meanwhile, halve the cherry tomatoes and thinly slice the buffalo mozzarella. Remove the pizza from the oven; place the tomatoes and cheese on the pizza, then return it to the oven and bake for 6-7 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the crust is golden.