Ricettario d'Italia

In breve

The dish in short

  • A dough of flour, water, salt and brewer's yeast, opened by hand: no rolling pin, no press.
  • A raised, puffy rim all round and a thin, even centre.
  • Toppings weighed: tomato, buffalo mozzarella or Mozzarella TSG, basil and a teaspoon of oil.
  • The balls rise a second time for 4 to 6 hours at about 25 °C, then are used within 6 hours.
  • Baked in a wood-fired oven at about 485 °C on the floor.

Il video, Napoli, Campania

Pizza napoletana Margherita

The video: Neapolitan pizza Margherita

Neapolitan pizza Margherita as the EU's ‘Pizza Napoletana’ TSG (Regulation 97/2010) defines it: a soft disc with a raised rim, easily folded in four, topped with tomato, mozzarella, basil and olive oil. The video is an illustration; the recipe has the exact quantities, temperatures and times.

Serves
14
Hands-on
34 min
Cooking
20 min
Video
11 s

Passo dopo passo

The steps, in photos

The video shows the main moments; these are all 16 steps, as in the recipe.

Photos of steps 1, 2, 3
1Dissolve the salt in the water2Add a tenth of the flour, then the yeast3Bring the dough together
Photos of steps 4, 5, 6
4Knead for 20 minutes5First rise: 2 hours on the bench6Divide and shape the balls
Photos of steps 7, 8, 9
7Second rise: 4–6 hours8Heat the oven9Open the ball by hand
Photos of steps 10, 11, 12
10Tomato and salt11Mozzarella, basil and oil12Load the pizza
Photos of steps 13, 14
13Bake for 60–90 seconds, turning14Serve at once
Photos of steps 15, 16
15Preheat a pizza steel16Bake under the grill

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