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Chris Bianco's Pizza Margherita
Ingredients
  • Dough (makes enough for 4 pizzas)
  • 1 envelope(2¼ teaspoons) active dry yeast
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  • 2 cupswarm water, 105°F to 110°F
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  • 5 to 5½ cupsbread or other high-protein flour, preferably organic and freshly milled, plus more for dusting
  • 2 teaspoonsfine sea salt
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  • Extra virgin olive oil, for greasing the bowl
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  • Crushed tomato sauce (makes enough for 4 pizzas)
  • 1 28-ounce canwhole tomatoes
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  • 1 generous tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 to 5 leavesfresh basil, torn and bruised (optional)
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  • Fine sea salt (optional)
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  • Pizza (makes 1 pizza)
  • One ballpizza dough, rested and ready to shape (recipe above)
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  • 2 ouncesfresh mozzarella, torn into cubes
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  • 6 tablespoonscrushed tomato sauce, with an added glug of extra virgin olive oil (recipe above)
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  • 2 pinchesfinely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (optional)
  • Fine seasalt (optional)
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  • Extra virginolive oil, for drizzling
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  • 5 leavesfresh basil
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