Prue Leith’s Pizza Margherita recipe
The classic Italian pizza made using fresh rather than dried yeast for the perfect crust. Use good-quality canned plum tomatoes for the sauce.
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Cooking tools:
- Sifter
- Pizza stone
- Pizza peel
- Pastry brush
- Oven
- Stove
- Mixing bowl
- Baking sheet
- Skillet
- Wooden spoon
- Measuring spoon
- Plastic wrap
Ingredients
- 200g ‘00’ flour, plus extra for dusting
- ½ tsp fine salt
- 10g fresh yeast
- pinch of caster sugar
- 115ml lukewarm water
- 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for greasing
- semolina, for dusting
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
- 400g can San Marzano plum tomatoes
- juice of ½ lemon
- ½ tsp caster sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 125g ball mozzarella
- 6 basil leaves
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