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Pizza Margherita

Serves 4 $1.14 est. / serving

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Estimated ingredient cost$4.54For the whole recipe · ingredients used
Pizza Margherita
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YOUR TIME IN THE KITCHEN

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  1. 01

    At least 30 minutes before baking, place an oven rack on the lowest level, preferably holding a pizza stone, and preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Shape the dough into a pizza following the recipe directions.

  2. 02

    On the top (except on the ridge), evenly scatter, sprinkle, or drizzle on all the remaining ingredients in the order given.

  3. 03

    Bake for 7 to 8 minutes, until the ridge is tinged with brown. Serve immediately.

  4. 04

    This recipe yields 1 pizza.

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Recipe source

Foodista / Common Pile

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Photograph

Margherita pizza — Joy

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Ingredient photographs (4)
  • Garlic

    File:Opened garlic bulb with garlic clove.jpg — Dubravko Sorić SoraZG on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/11939863@N08/3793285991/in/photostream/

    Original photo · CC BY 2.0

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  • Salt

    File:Table salt (53686886134).jpg — Conall from Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. table salt. Original embedded copyright notice: CONALLMCCAUGHEY

    Original photo · CC BY 2.0

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  • Olive oil

    https://pixabay.com/photos/olive-oil-greek-oil-olive-bottle-356102/

    Original photo · CC0

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  • Basil, fresh

    File:Ocimum Basilicum leaf lighted by the left.jpg — BernaBotto. Own work

    Original photo · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Foreground cutout, sRGB conversion, cropping, metadata removal, WebP resizing; no image generation; Adapted image licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; original and modifications share this license.