Cherry tomatoes, basil and mozarella pizza (pizza de tomates cherry, albahaca y mozarella)

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Add Comment Edit

Here the summer is ending and for me it's fine. I love autumn, and it was a hot and heavy summer.
But the best thing about the summer were the tomatoes, the basil, the fruits,cantaloupes and water melon, peaches, in short, all that summer means.
And that now is the turn of the northern hemisphere.
I had a lot of basil and I love it! so I enjoy it in EVERYTHING, pizzas, salads, stews, soups.
This pizza was wonderful.

Dough adapted from : Sweetphi.com

Ingredients
Whole wheat Pizza dough

2 cups (260 grams)
whole wheat flour plus 2 tablespoons
1 tablespoon cormeal for lining the pan
2 teaspoon instant yeast
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup warm water
2 tablespoon oil

Filling

3/4 cup tomato sauce
1 fresh garlic peeled thickly sliced
1 teaspoon dried organo
240 grams mozarella cheese
one bunch of fresh basil
400 grams cherry tomatoes sliced in half

Method
In a small bowl pout the yeast and 1/4 cup warm water and a pinch of sugar.
Stir and then let it rest for 5 minutes until is gets foamy at the top ,
Meanwhile, in a large bowl add the two cups plus 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour and salt. After 5 minutes add the yeast mixture to the bowl and add the remaining warm water and the oil, stir until loosely combined with a wooden spoon. Then
knead by about 3 to 4 minutes, and add flour if you need.
After make two balls and place in an oiled bowl cover with plastic wrap, about 30minutes.
Preheat oven to 375° F . or 180°C.
Now sprinkle a baking sheet with cornmeal on a floured surface roll out one of the dough balls or with floured hands strecht the doigh into a circle, then place on the prepared baking sheet and strecht a little more and pinch the edges of pizza to form a crust. Next bake pizza crust for 5 minutes remove from oven and the add toppings.

For filling
Spread the tomato sauce over the pizza dough.
Sprinkle some dried oregano.

Add the cherry tomatoes in slices and chopped garlic and finally some chopped basil , add the mozarella cheese and go to the oven.
Bake about 15 or 20 minutes until the cheese around the edges starts getting brown. For serve add if you like more cherry tomatoes and some basil

Tip: You can filling witth all you want or change the ingredientes of the filing. But this is simple and delicious!

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