"This recipe for an at-home preparation of pizza Margherita is adapted from the YT channel Italia Squisita and is the creation of the pizzaiolo Davide Civitello. Unlike the traditional recipe for pizza Margherita, here, oil and sugar are also added to the dough — sugar to help with browning and oil to make the pizza crispier since it bakes longer than one baked in a wood-fired oven..."
INGREDIENTS
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1 L (4 1/4 cups) water
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800g (28.2 oz) tomatoes, tinned or peeled ones
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a bit more than 1 tbsp of tomato sauce
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1,6 - 1,7 kg (13 1/3 - 14 cups) 00 flour with medium protein content
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8g (1 1/2 tsp) salt
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70-80g (2.5 - 2.8 oz) mozzarella
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2g (1/2 tsp) brewer's yeast
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a few basil leaves
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basil leaves
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50g (3 tbsp + 1 tsp) salt
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extra virgin olive oil, as needed
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a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
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20g (4 tsp) sugar
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50 ml (3 tbsp + 1 tsp) extra virgin olive oil