Margherita Pizza with Easy Home Made Pizza Sauce

Are you looking for a pasta side dish that is not garlic bread? How about a simple margherita pizza? This pizza is light and refreshing, especially when garnished with fresh torn basil leaves. Our Margherita Pizza with Easy Home Made Pizza Sauce is the perfect pizza to pair with other main dishes and it can also be a light snack or a light meal when paired with a garden salad.

Our Margherita Pizza with Easy Home Made Pizza Sauce uses simple ingredients and our Easy Home Made Pizza Sauce, which adds lightness to the overall flavor, is a perfect sauce to this pizza. The use of dried basil leaves is enough to make this pizza delicious and of course, a garnish of fresh basil leaves will only make this pizza even better. My kids love the chunky tomato pieces used in this pizza. It's great to eat on its own or as a side dish to pasta or soups.

                                   Recipe: Margherita Pizza with Easy Home Made Pizza Sauce

Author: Christine Strasser

Makes one large pizza

Serves:4

Ingredients and directions for the Easy Home made Pizza Sauce

Note: The recipe below is half of the original recipe.

Ingredients:

        1 large pizza base (either shop bought or home made)

1/2 T. tomato paste

30 ml tomato puree

3/4 T. tomato sauce

1/8 tsp. garlic powder

1/4 tsp. mixed herbs

1/8 tsp. sugar

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, add all the ingredients and mix well with a teaspoon.

Cover the bowl and keep the sauce  cool in the fridge until you're ready to use it. It can keep in the fridge for 3 days.

Ingredients and directions for the Margherita Pizza with Easy Home Made Pizza Sauce

Ingredients for the pizza topping:

 Easy Home Made Pizza sauce (the above recipe is good for one large pizza)

1 large tomato, cubed

1 1/2 c. mozzarella cheese

1/4 tsp. dried basil 

1 tsp. to 1 1/2 tsp. olive oil (to drizzle over the pizza)

Directions:

1.Preheat the oven to 210 C ( for a thick pizza base) or if using a shop bought pizza base, follow its package instructions.

2. While the oven preheats, add the basil to the pizza sauce then cover the pizza base with the pizza sauce.

3. Evenly spread the tomato on the pizza base, making sure you do not include the seeds and the tomato's juice.

4. Spread the cheese evenly on top of the pizza and drizzle the olive oil on the pizza.

5. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 14-15 minutes then turn off the oven.

6. Garnish with freshly torn basil leaves ( if using) and serve immediately.