Caprese pizza
A whole wheat pizza bottom topped with (homemade) tomato sauce, marinated cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and fresh basil leaves baked in a hot oven.
Equipment
- Rolling pin
- Pizza plate (or just use a baking sheet)
Ingredients
- 1 whole wheat pizza dough (recipe yields 4 pizzas* See below in Notes)
- ½-¾ cup tomato sauce (I use my homemade oven roasted tomato sauce**... the flavor is just insane!)
- ½-¾ cup mozzarella (grated or cut in cubes)
- 1 lb cherry tomatoes (cut in half)
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar (to marinate the cherry tomatoes in)
- ⅛ cup olive oil (to marinate the cherry tomatoes in)
- 1 tsp dried oregano (to marinate the cherry tomatoes in)
- salt and pepper (to marinate the cherry tomatoes in)
Garnishing:
- 2 cups fresh basil leaves
- 4-8 tbsp balsamic vinegar (drizzle over the pizza)
- 1 cup arugula (optional)
- 1 cup parmesan (crumbled or shaved)(optional)
Instructions
- Start by preparing the dough an hour before you plan on putting the pizza in the oven. The dough needs to double in size which will take more or less that time. For a detailed explanation about this and the dough recipe see Notes below*
- In the meantime cut the cherry tomatoes in half and marinate them in some balsamic vinegar, olive oil and a sprinkle of oregano. Set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 250C/480F or more.
- Once the dough has doubled in size, divide it into 4 equal pieces and roll them out into pizza bottoms using a bit of flour to prevent the dough from sticking to the rolling pin and the countertop.
- To the pizza bottoms add some tomato sauce and spread it out in a thin layer. Make sure to keep the edges free so they can rise in the oven and become crispy with nice air pockets.
- Drain the cherry tomatoes and divide them over the pizza bottoms. Either grate some mozzarella over them or cut small cubes and divide them over the pizzas.
- Bake the pizza for 5-8 minutes. Garnish the pizza when they come out of the oven with fresh basil leaves and drizzle some balsamic vinegar over it. Garnish the pizzas with additional toppings: shaved parmesan and arugula (optional)