Name: Margherita Pizza
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 can (14 oz) diced tomatoes; 1 tablespoon herb rub; 1 batch pizza dough; cornmeal (or polenta, for sprinkling); olive oil (as needed); 2 sprigs basil; 7 ounces mozzarella (or bocconcini cheese); flaky sea salt (to taste)

This traditional Italian pizza, the Margherita pizza, is a great example of a few flavors coming together to create an amazingly satisfying meal. This pizza will delight kids and grown-ups with its fresh and simple flavors.

Although there are a few stories on the history regarding this pizza topping including its creation to honor the queen of Italy – Margherita of Savoy, comprising of the Italian flag colors red, white, and green. There is history to suggest it existed long before this, as far back as 1896, when the toppings were described as being arranged in a flower… Margherita means daisy.

In the modern-day, the simple and well-packaged ingredients make it perfect for camping trips and being cooked on fires, camp ovens, Dutch ovens, or purpose built wood fired pizza oven.

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Raw pizza dough on a wooden cutting board is topped with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil.

The raw pizza dough is topped with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil.

A cooked Margherita pizza lays on a wooden cutting board with a slice removed.

Serve the pizza hot, as soon as it is cooked.

Looking down onto a cooked Margherita pizza on a pizza stone in a closed barbecue.

You can bake the pizza in a traditional oven, smoker, closed barbecue, or wood-fired pizza oven.

Looking down onto a cooked Margherita pizza on a wooden cutting board with a pizza cutter and one slice removed.

Margherita pizza, with its simple flavors, pleases kids and adults alike.

Margherita Pizza Recipe

Saffron Hodgson

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This traditional Italian pizza, the Margherita pizza, is a great example of a few flavors coming together to create an amazingly satisfying meal.

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Preparation 15

Cook 15

Ready in 30

Servings Servings

CourseAppetizer

InfluenceItaly

DifficultySeasoned

MethodBake

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Ingredients

1 can (14 oz) diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon herb rub
1 batch pizza dough
cornmeal or polenta, for sprinkling
olive oil as needed
2 sprigs basil
7 ounces mozzarella or bocconcini cheese
flaky sea salt to taste

Equipment

1 pizza stone
camp oven Dutch oven, BBQ, or pizza oven

Directions

Preheat a pizza stone in a camp oven, barbecue, or pizza oven to 400 to 500 degrees F (200 to 260 degrees C).
Open the can of tomatoes and drain the tomatoes in a strainer, immediately place the empty can underneath to collect the juices. Sprinkle the tomatoes with the herb seasoning.
Prepare the pizza dough by rolling it out to desired thickness and size. Use a thin sprinkling of cornmeal or polenta on the base of the pizza dough, this helps it not stick. As a substitute flour may be used.
Brush the edge of the pizza dough with olive oil. You may use a brush or your fingers.
Create a base layer of the tomato sauce going as close to the edge as you desire.
Top with the basil leaves and slices of the mozzarella cheese.
Slide onto the pizza stone preheated in the camp oven. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the dough is cooked through and the cheese has melted. This may vary based on the temperature you can reach to cook it, and the thickness of the pizza dough.

Nutritional Information

Calories: 164kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 11gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 459mgPotassium: 50mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 415IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 262mgIron: 1mg