Your Homemade Italian Pizza ready in just 30 minutes™ 
When I say 30 minutes, I really mean that in a total of 30 minutes of work you can get great homemade Italian pizza, even if you’ve never prepared one in your life. It’s great for beginners and leaves a lot of room for improvement with experience.
Don’t believe it? It’s guaranteed, I’ve done it so many times.
We’ll manage more or less with things are usually available in a kitchen.
I’ll start with the simplified recipe for Pizza Margherita, then continue on to all the other flavors.
Homemade Italian Pizza Recipe
The dough for your homemade Italian pizza for 3-4 people requires:
| Dough for pizza | |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | Notes |
| Flour 500 grams | Only choose 500 grams of plain white flour. DO NOT use:
Just plain flour Why? Because with this recipe for Homemade Italian Pizza Margherita we seek simplicity. Then the flour that you already have in the pantry will be good: a normal white flour for bread (usually defined flour “0” in Italy). |
| Water held ready 250 grams | Tap water will be ok. |
| Extra virgin olive oil 1-2 tablespoons | Optional |
| Salt 5-10 grams (1-2 teaspoons) | Choose according to personal taste. |
| Fresh yeast 2-3 grams (a few crumbs) | Yes, you got it right: 2-3 grams, almost nothing. If you do not have the fresh yeast, you should find the granular one, which is fine anyway, but be careful that your yeast is dehydrated and NOT baking powder for savory pizzas. The dried yeast comes in beige granules, while the baking powder is nothing more than the one for desserts without sugar or vanilla extract, a white powder that has nothing to do with the yeast (and his other brothers). |
Now let’s see the sauce part (called “stuffing” or “topping”) for the basic pizza, the Margherita.
| Topping for Pizza Margherita | |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | Notes |
| Canned Tomatoes, one can | Use the canned tomatoes if you have them at home (I hope so!), those will be okay. Avoid the tomato sauce, it’s better to use tomato pulp in pieces, instead. |
| Mozzarella, about 300 grams | If you have it, use regular mozzarella, avoiding derivatives. |
| Extra virgin olive oil | |
| Basil | If it’s the right season and you can find two basil leaves, we will use it with pleasure. Otherwise we will not. |
| Salt | |
Let’s start, our working plan is waiting. Just 30 minutes work (in total) to have your Homemade Italian Pizza ready in your oven.
