Monday, January 10, 2011

Quick Pizza Margherita

Yield: 4 servings * Overall Price: ~ $15 * Calories: 298

Ingredients:
1 (10-ounce) can refrigerated pizza crust dough
cooking spray
1 teaspoon extravirgin olive oil, divided
1 garlic glove, halved
5 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced
1 cup (4 ounce) shredded fresh mozzarella cheese
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh basil
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400*
2. Unroll dough onto a backing sheet coated with cooking spray; pat into a 13x11-inch rectangle. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove crust from oven; brush with 1/2 teaspoon oil. Rub crust with cut sides of garlic.
3. Arrange tomato slices on crust, leaving 1/2-inch border; sprinkle evenly with cheese. Bake for 12 minutes or until cheese melts and crust is golden.
4. Combine 1/2 teaspoon oil and vinegar, stirring with a whisk. Sprinkle pizza evenly with sliced basil, salt, and pepper. Drizzle vinegar mixture evenly over pizza. Cut pizza into 8 rectangles.

Thoughts:
Super easy and super yummy!
Paige doesn't like tomatoes so I left a fourth of it without tomatoes. She thought it was really good and that the balsamic vinegar made the dish.

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