Italian
Margherita Pizza
Margherita Pizza is Italian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1 lb pizza dough
- 1 cup crushed San Marzano tomatoes
- 12 oz fresh mozzarella
- 1 cup fresh basil
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 garlic cloves
How to cook it
- Heat the oven to 500F with a baking sheet or stone inside.
- Stretch the dough into a 14-inch round on parchment.
- Mix the crushed tomatoes with the minced garlic and salt, then spread over the dough, leaving a border.
- Dot with mozzarella and drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake until the crust is blistered and the cheese bubbles, about 10 to 12 minutes.
- Scatter fresh basil over the hot pizza before slicing.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Margherita Pizza carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Cacciatore |
| Gluten | Yes | Butternut Squash Risotto |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, and Dairy
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Margherita Pizza takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on dough, tomato, mozzarella, and basil.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.