Since COVID, my family has been doing pizza every single Saturday. I took some really cute photos of a pie I made yesterday and needed a reason to share them so here is another simple recipe. This pie is inspired by a pizza I had once at my baby cousin's birthday celebration. When I first saw it I expected it to taste like nothing because it was so minimal - no sauce or anything. It ended up being one of my favorites ever and I make this basically once a week.
‣ My mom makes the pizza pie dough from scratch and I never bothered to learn (yet), but you can simply buy one from the store or make your own. The key though, is to prebake the dough before you build.
‣ If you can invest in a stone slab for baking your pie
Ingredients
‣ 1 tsp dry oregano
‣ 1 tsp dry thyme
‣ 2 small sized tomatoes
‣ fresh mozzerella
‣ salt & pepper to taste
‣ handful of fresh basil
‣ olive oil
‣ parbaked pizza dough
This is the mozz we get from Costco, we use about 1/2 of one log
Preheat over to 500F
We leave our stone pan in the over to preheat to 500F before we bake.
Prepare the tomatoes:
The biggest struggle with this recipe is the water content in the tomatoes and in the mozzerella cheese. Slice the tomatoes as thin as possible and add 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp each of the herbs, and a dash of pepper. This will allow the salt to draw out as much water as possible.
Prepare the cheese:
Fresh mozzarella has so much water!! Use a paper towel and try to squeeze out as much water as possible and then either cut or tear the mozzarella into quarter size pieces. Does not have to be exact at all. You can even leave them in the large medallions they come in.
Prepare the dough:
Add about 1 tsp of olive oil on the dough and spread it evenly all over the dough. Take the remaining herbs and put them in your hand. Using the motion of washing hands or warming hands up in the winter, crush/ activate the herbs and do so in a circular motion around the entire pie. Crack some pepper over the pie as well.
Build the pie!
Drain the tomatoes (I love tomato juice, maybe just me, I drink this juice don't throw it out!!) and start place the tomato slices all over the pizza followed by the cheese. Last sprinkle some salt and pepper over the pie.
Bake
Bake at 500F for about 6-7 minutes, as soon as the crust is looking toasty and the cheese looks melted, it is ready!
Top with basil and ENJOY!
Slice is up and enjoy! This taste best with some cracked chile flakes or cayenne pepper and enjoyed HOT. The olive oil aroma more than makes up for any marinara or white sauce. This stuff is gone in MINUTES, so get yours quick.
Thanks for reading!! dee ღ
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