Pizza Caprese - Servings: 2 pizza

Pizza Caprese is a delicious pizza, with pizza crust and pizza sauce made with fresh ingredients. Ingredients: olive oil, pomodoro, mozzarella, ham, mushrooms, pepper, tomatoes, garlic.

This Pizza Caprese recipe is so easy and so delicious! It’s simple. It’s flavorful… Fresh Italian flavors

How to prepare Pizza Caprese

1. Make the base: Put the flour into a large bowl, then stir in the yeast and salt. Make a well, pour in 300 ml warm water and the olive oil and bring together with a wooden spoon until you have a soft, fairly wet dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 mins until smooth. To achieve the perfect consistency, when making the dough, keep some extra flour and water nearby to add if necessary. Cover with a tea towel and set aside. You can leave the dough to rise if you like, but it’s not essential for a thin crust.

See also step-by-step guide for making pizza dough

2. Roll out the dough: if you’ve let the dough rise, give it a quick knead, then split into a ball. On a floured surface, roll out the dough into large rounds, about 25cm across, using a rolling pin. The dough needs to be very thin as it will rise in the oven. Lift the rounds onto two floured baking sheets.

3. Make the Basil Pesto: Use our recipe for the best homemade pesto.

4. Top and bake: Heat the oven to 460°C to 485°C fan/gas 8.

Mix your garlic olive oil over the dough, this includes garlic powder, salt, oregano, and olive oil.

Slice tomatoes and mozzarella, on the pizza crust, slightly overlapping until the entire surface of the pizza is covered. Then add sprinkle basil pesto over the pizza.

Place the pizza on the center oven or grill rack and preheat to 460°C to 485°C, after 10-15 min maxim take out from stone or grill, or until cheese is start to melting and the underside of the crust is golden brown. Once the pizzas are cooked, remove them from the oven and let them cool for a minute. Sprinkle olive oil on top, basil leaves on top, if desired...

Repeat step for remaining pizza dough.

Slice the pizzas and serve immediately. Enjoy your homemade Pizza Caprese!

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Chefs

Claudio A.

Deep-pan and soft, thin and crunchy, classic or gourmet, with or without a stuffed crust…, pizza in Italy is a true institution and a symbol of the country across the world.

Pizza for 2

Ingredients and quantities:

  • 250g / 10oz all-purpose flour 00

  • 250g / 10oz, all-purpose flour 0

  • 300ml - 10.14 ounces, warm water for dough

  • 10g, (0.35 ounce) active or dry yeast

  • 1 pinch white sugar

  • ¼ cup flour for dusting

  • 20 ml - 2 tablespoons tea spoon olive oil

  • 10g, 0.25oz fine salt

  • 500g, tomato sliced

  • 400g, mozzarella, sliced

  • 100g, Prosciutto sliced

  • 100g, champignon mushrooms in oil

  • 100g, artichokes in oil

  • 10, black olives

  • olive oil

Good luck with that.

Pizza for 4

Ingredients and quantities:

  • 450g/ 10oz all-purpose flour 00

  • 450g/ 10oz, all-purpose flour 0

  • 300ml - 10.14 ounces, warm water for dough

  • 10g, (0.35 ounce) active or dry yeast

  • 1 pinch white sugar

  • ¼ cup flour for dusting

  • 20 ml - 2 tablespoons tea spoon olive oil

  • 10g, 0.25oz fine salt

  • 500g, tomato sliced

  • 400g, mozzarella, sliced

  • 100g, Prosciutto sliced

  • 100g, champignon mushrooms in oil

  • 100g, artichokes in oil

  • 10, black olives

  • olive oil

Good luck with that.

Pizza for 6

Ingredients and quantities:

  • 750g / 10oz all-purpose flour 00

  • 750g / 10oz, all-purpose flour 0

  • 300ml - 10.14 ounces, warm water for dough

  • 10g, (0.35 ounce) active or dry yeast

  • 1 pinch white sugar

  • ¼ cup flour for dusting

  • 20 ml - 2 tablespoons tea spoon olive oil

  • 10g, 0.25oz fine salt

  • 500g, tomato sliced

  • 400g, mozzarella, sliced

  • 100g, Prosciutto sliced

  • 100g, champignon mushrooms in oil

  • 100g, artichokes in oil

  • 10, black olives

  • olive oil

Good luck with that.

by chefs

Claudio A.