Pizza Margherita is an iconic pizza preparation. It enjoys a rich history and today it is undoubtedly the most popular pizza dish. The origin of this recipe dates back to the 1880s. It was prepared by Italian baker Raffaele Esposito for the first time when he made this delectable pizza topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil. The creation of this recipe is attributed to Esposito.

In the year 1889, Margherita pizza was prepared by Esposito for the first time for Queen of Savoy, Margherita. Esposito had baked three innovative pizzas for Queen Margherita and the queen was mesmerized by its inexplicably wonderful flavor.  Since then, the pizza was named Margherita pizza in the honor of the queen.

Pizza Margherita is one of the most eaten pizzas across the globe. People are fond of its taste and like to experience the age old traditional flavor of pizza. This flavor is best found in Margherita pizza. It is a delicious, sumptuous and commendable tasty dish. It involves interesting ingredients, yet simple and light but they produce the most sought after pizza of the world! Given the brilliant taste of this pizza, it must be tried out at home so that you can experience for yourself the making of the pizza.

Ingredients

The following are the ingredients that are required to prepare pizza Margherita:

• 2 table spoons extra virgin olive oil
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 6 fresh basil leaves cut into julienne strips
• ¼  cup fresh shredded parmesan cheese
• ½ pound chopped Roma potatoes
• 1 garlic clove- crushed and thoroughly chopped
• 1 uncooked Ney York style pizza of 12”
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Shredded mozzarella cheese-6 oz.

The above ingredients are used for preparing pizza Margherita. However, you can make your additions or modifications to bring out a different taste of your liking thus making your version of Margherita!

Procedure

The following are the steps to prepare the dish.

Step1

Prepare a mixture of 2 table spoons of olive oil, tomato, salt and garlic in a bowl.

Step2

Let the mixture rest and get marinated. In the meantime, you can make the dough.

Step3

The surface of the dough has to be smoothened. So, put some olive oil on the crust of the dough and remove its roughness.

Step4

Add the toppings which should include humble amount of tomato and cheese.

Step5

Sprinkle olive oil on the topped dough.

Step6

Now the dough with the toppings has to be baked in an oven. Make sure that you preheat the oven at 500F on pizza stone. Heat the topped dough for about 10 minutes until the dough surface turns golden and the cheese puffs up.

Step7

Take the dough out from the oven and add parmesan cheese and basil to the toppings.

Step8

After you are done preparing the toppings, let the mixture cool down and rest for about 3 minutes. After this, your Margherita pizza would be ready. Just cut into pieces and serve it.

Pizza Margherita preparation is simple and also promises you the most irresistible pizza