Enjoy a classic Margherita pizza with a delicious upgrade. Topped with colourful heirloom tomatoes, basil pesto and plenty of fresh herbs, this is what pizza dreams are made of! To save some time making this Margherita pizza, we used store-bought pizza dough and a quick trick for tomato sauce.
Classic Margherita pizza with heirloom tomatoes
SERVES 4 | HANDS-ON TIME 10 min | TOTAL TIME 30 min
VEGETARIAN
INGREDIENTS
- 150 grams store-bought pizza dough
- 1 packet tomato paste
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tsp oregano
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large tomato, sliced
- 1/2 cup heirloom tomatoes halved
- 1/2 cup mini plum tomatoes halved
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 250 grams mozzarella, sliced
- 3 tbsp basil pesto
- Rocket, to serve
- Basil, to serve
METHOD
PREHEAT the oven to the highest setting. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
PREPARE the pizza by rolling out your dough in the shape you desire.
IN a small mixing bowl, combine the tomato paste, garlic, oregano and olive oil together. Spread on the base of your pizza. Top with the tomatoes, red onion and mozzarella slices.
BAKE Margherita pizza for 10 minutes on high, then turn the oven down to 200ºC and bake further for 10 min.
SERVE pizza warm with dollops of basil pesto, fresh rocket and basil leaves.
Heritage tomato Margherita pizza
Ingredients
- 150 grams store-bought pizza dough
- 1 packet tomato paste
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tomato, sliced
- 1/2 cup heirloom tomatoes halved
- 1/2 cup mini plum tomatoes halved
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 250 grams mozzarella, sliced
- 3 tbsp basil pesto
- Rocket, to serve
- Basil, to serve
Instructions
PREHEAT the oven to the highest setting. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
PREPARE the pizza by rolling out your dough in the shape you desire.
IN a small mixing bowl, combine the tomato paste, garlic, oregano and olive oil together. Spread on the base of your pizza. Top with the tomatoes, red onion and mozzarella slices.
BAKE for 10 minutes on high, then turn the oven down to 200ºC and bake further for 10 min.
SERVE with dollops of basil pesto, fresh rocket and basil leaves.
Made this recipe? Tag us on Instagram @foodandhomesa
Want to make your own dough from scratch? Try our recipe for basic pizza dough
https://www.foodandhome.co.za/on-shelf/pizza-dough
Kirsty is the food assistant on the Food&Home team. Usually baking up a storm, snapping pics on her camera or buried in her beloved recipe books, she also spends her time tinkering on the piano, doing contemporary dancing and enjoying the beautiful outdoors.