Grandma-Style Pizza
A traditional Grandma-style pizza featuring a perfectly crispy crust topped with fresh mozzarella and a flavorful homemade sauce made from whole peeled tomatoes, anchovies, garlic, and fresh basil.
Ingredients
- •28 ounces whole peeled tomatoes
- •2 pieces anchovies
- •2 cloves garlic
- •6 tablespoons olive oil
- •¼ cup basil leaves
- •1 to taste salt
- •1 to taste pepper
- •12 ounces fresh mozzarella
- •1 recipe pizza dough
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Drain one 28-oz. can whole peeled tomatoes and pulse tomatoes with 2 anchovies, 2 garlic cloves, 6 tablespoons olive oil, and 1/4 cup basil leaves in a food processor or blender until mostly smooth (some texture is okay); season with salt and pepper.
5 min
- 2.
A classic Grandma-just sauce and mozzarella-flips the usual script: Add cheese before sauce. Master this basic pie and you're ready to improvise (see below for ideas).
1 min
- 3.
Place a rack in lower third of oven and preheat to 525° or as high as oven will go.
15 min
- 4.
Once Grandma-Style Pizza Dough has risen on baking sheet, top with 12 ounces fresh mozzarella, grated, and dot pie with 1 1/2 cups Fresh Tomato Pizza Sauce. Bake pie until golden brown and crisp on bottom and sides, 20-30 minutes.
25 min
