Neapolitan pizza recipe

How to make Neapolitan pizza recipe

Neapolitan pizza is a type pizza which originated in Naples and Italy. Neapolitan pizza is very famous pizza. Today I want to tell you how to make this pizza. We will use sample ingredients like cheese tomatoes and anchovy fillets for this recipe.

Ingredients for Neapolitan pizza

450 / 1 lb risen whole-meal dough

Or white dough

Olive oil

For filling

350 g/ 12 Oz mozzarella cheese, sliced

450 g/ 1 lb fresh or canned tomatoes, sliced

1 tsp pizza herbs (or a mixture of marjoram, basil and thyme)

A few anchovy fillets

Black olives

Black pepper

Prepretion Method for Neapolitan pizza

1. Heat the oven to 230 C/ 450 F or mark 8.

2. Roll out the dough into the required number of pieces: This amount of dough will make four 18 cm or 7 inch pizzas. Brush sandwich tins, square or rectangular tins, or metal pie plates with olive oil, and put in the dough. Brush again with olive oil.

3. Cover the dough with alternate layers of cheese, tomato and seasonings, finishing with the cheese. Decorate with a lattice of anchovies and olives. Leave to stand in a cold place for 30 minutes. Bake for 30 minutes and serve hot.

4. To obtain the best results, slice the meat, cheese or vegetables thinly, and season well with herbs, salt and pepper. Mozzarella cheese is traditionally used as it melts quickly and smoothly, but several other cheeses may be used, such as cheddar, Emmenthal, Gruyere and Bel paese. The pizza always looks better if the cheese sliced rather than grated. For convenience of serving, it may be easier to make square or rectangular pizzas.

A pizza may be topped with tomatoes, herbs, cheese and olives in its most simple form. More elaborate fillings are made by adding ham, salami, fish, mushrooms or onions, according to taste.