| Let's talk pizza! Here's one of my best free Italian | | | | the tomato sauce. Add some extravirgin olive oil (be |
| recipes, that of pizza Margherita, which is the easiest | | | | careful: it shouldn't be too much!) and cook it in your |
| of pizzas. Using this recipe as a base, you can add | | | | oven. |
| whatever you want on it! | | | | When your pizza is ready (it should take no more |
| What you need (1 serving): | | | | than 20 minutes if the oven was pre-heaten), add |
| 125 g 00 flour | | | | some basil leaves and eat! |
| 1 teaspoon brewer's yeast | | | | While it cooks, you could wonder on where this Pizza |
| 1 mozzarellacanned tomatoesor tomato sauce (NO | | | | found its name... |
| ketchup!)watersaltsugarextra virgin olive oilbasil | | | | In about 1889, Queen Margherita took an inspection |
| Let's do it! | | | | tour of her Italian Kingdom. During her travels around |
| Melt yeast in two fingers of warm water, then add | | | | Italy she saw many people, especially the peasants, |
| just a bit of sugar and 2 teaspoons of flour. Mix it all | | | | eating this large, flat bread. Curious, the queen |
| and leave it for 15-20 minutes. | | | | ordered her guards to bring her one of these Pizza |
| Pour the remaining flour in a bowl, adding half a | | | | breads. She summoned Chef Raffaele Esposito from |
| teaspoon of salt, then 1 teaspoon of extravirgin olive | | | | his pizzeria to the royal palace and ordered him to |
| oil, and in the end the previously prepared yeast. | | | | bake a selection of pizzas for her pleasure. To honor |
| Work it all with a wooden spoon, then pour oil on | | | | the queen who was so beloved by her subjects, |
| your hands and use them to mix the dough. When | | | | Raffaele decided to make a very special pizza just |
| your knuckles leave a dent and it rises again in no | | | | for her. He baked it topped with tomatoes, |
| more than half a minute, than the dough is ok. | | | | mozzarella cheese and fresh basil, to represent the |
| Let it rest for 3 hours, covered with a cotton or linen | | | | colors of the Italian flag: red, white, and green. This |
| cloth. | | | | became Queen Margherita's favorite pizza and when |
| Pre-heat your oven at 200°. Make a dish with | | | | word got out that this was one of the queen's |
| your dough. It should be no higher than 2 or 3 mms. | | | | favorite foods, she became even more popular with |
| Pour tomato sauce on it, making sure you leave a | | | | the Italian people. She also started a culinary tradition, |
| white border. Ease yourself with a spoon. Cut | | | | the Pizza Margherita, which lasts to this very day in |
| mozzarella in small cubes or thin slices and add it on | | | | Naples and has now spread throughout the world. |