Margherita Pizza Recipe

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Margherita Pizza
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Ingredients:

  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 1 pinch kosher salt
  • 2 fl oz pizza sauce
  • 1 tbsp julienned fresh basil leaves
  • 1 tbsp julienned green onion (hay cut), 2 to 3 inches in length

Directions:

  1. Brush pizza dough with olive oil and dust with salt and pepper. Place on a medium indirect grill, covered, for approximately 3 minutes. Flip dough and grill in the same manner for 1 minute.
  2. Remove dough from the grill, brush with the pesto, then the pizza sauce, stopping a 1/2- inch before the edge of the crust. Spread 1/2 of the mozzarella and Parmesan on the sauced surface. Lay out sliced tomato. Dust with basil. Top with remaining mozzarella and the parmesan. Bake on grill over indirect heat for approximately 4 minutes.
  3. Remove from the grill and sprinkle with green onions. Slice into 8 pieces.
  4. Home Cook Recipe: A viewer or guest of the show, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The Food Network Kitchen have not tested this recipe and therefore cannot make representation as to the results.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 342.07 Kcal (1432 kJ)
Calories from fat 100.45 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.16g 17%
Cholesterol 15.26mg 5%
Sodium 756.88mg 32%
Potassium 501.47mg 11%
Total Carbs 42.03g 14%
Sugars 7.01g 28%
Dietary Fiber 3.29g 13%
Protein 17.22g 34%
Vitamin C 28.4mg 47%
Iron 1.2mg 7%
Calcium 319.6mg 32%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 104.12 Kcal (436 kJ)
Calories from fat 30.57 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.4g 17%
Cholesterol 4.65mg 5%
Sodium 230.37mg 32%
Potassium 152.63mg 11%
Total Carbs 12.79g 14%
Sugars 2.13g 28%
Dietary Fiber 1g 13%
Protein 5.24g 34%
Vitamin C 8.6mg 47%
Iron 0.4mg 7%
Calcium 97.3mg 32%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.1
    Points
  • 9
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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