Living Rich Recipe: Margherita Pizza

Ingredients

• pre-made dough (frozen, fresh, or pre-cooked) note: we used fresh herb dough from Trader Joes
• 1 large tomato
• 1/2 lb fresh mozzarella cheese
• 6 fresh basil leaves
• salt, pepper, and oregano to taste
• olive oil

 Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425. If using a pizza stone place it in the oven to heat.
2. lightly flour the counter where you will be rolling out your dough
3. Using a rolling pin roll dough into as large of a circle as possible without making it too thin
4. While oven is heating prepare toppings
5. Slice tomato and mozzarella cheese into thin slices
6. Chop fresh basil into thin strips
7. Place rolled dough onto heated pizza stone that has a little bit of sea salt on it (to prevent sticking) or on a greased baking sheet.
8. Spread a little bit of olive oil onto dough
9. Neatly place tomato slices on dough
10. Add Mozzarella slices on top
11. Finish with a sprinkle of salt, pepper, and oregano and drizzle on a little bit more olive oil.
12. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until mozzarella cheese begins to bubble and dough is chrispy and brown.
13. Slice into pizza slices and enjoy!