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Quick Pizza Margherita

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Quick Pizza Margherita
Randy Mayor; Katie Stoddard
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Make a thin and crispy pizza in under 30 minutes with refrigerated pizza dough, plum tomatoes, mozzarella and basil.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 pieces)

Ingredients

  • 1  (10-ounce) can refrigerated pizza crust dough
  • Cooking spray
  • 1  teaspoon  extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • 1  garlic clove, halved
  • 5  plum tomatoes, thinly sliced (about 3/4 pound)
  • 1  cup  (4 ounces) shredded fresh mozzarella cheese
  • 1  teaspoon  balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2  cup  thinly sliced fresh basil
  • 1/8  teaspoon  salt
  • 1/8  teaspoon  black pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400°.

Unroll crust dough onto a baking sheet coated with cooking spray; pat into a 13 x 11-inch rectangle. Bake at 400° for 8 minutes. Remove crust from oven, and brush with 1/2 teaspoon oil. Rub crust with cut sides of garlic.

Arrange tomato slices on crust, leaving a 1/2-inch border; sprinkle evenly with cheese. Bake at 400° for 12 minutes or until cheese melts and crust is golden.

Combine 1/2 teaspoon oil and vinegar, stirring with a whisk.

Sprinkle pizza evenly with sliced basil, salt, and pepper. Drizzle the vinegar mixture evenly over the pizza. Cut pizza into 8 pieces.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
298 (30% from fat)
Fat:
10g (sat 4.6g,mono 3.5g,poly 1.4g)
Protein:
12.2g
Carbohydrate:
38.6g
Fiber:
2.1g
Cholesterol:
22mg
Iron:
2.6mg
Sodium:
595mg
Calcium:
175mg
Cooking Light, DECEMBER 2002

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
Cajun Cook
I cooked this with whole wheat flour, which was a mistake. I could tell though that the pizza ingredients were tasty. I would do it next time with regular crust.07/24/10

5 stars
Layla
This recipe was good. Serving size was generous compared to other CL pizzas. Substituted Wegmans balsamic glaze for vinegar/oil mix. Would have liked this better with a whole wheat crust. Next time will try with homemade dough.06/12/10