Whole Wheat Margherita Pizza: easy recipe uses a homemade whole wheat pizza base from scratch. Topped with cheese and tomato sauce.
Serves:
Serving Suggestion: Serve Hot
Tools:
1 Large Pot/Bowl
1 Pizza Tray OR Flat Baking Tray (lined with foil)
Rolling Pin
2 Tsp Oil – For greasing the Pot/Bowl
Pizza Slicer
Wet Cloth – For covering dough
Whole Wheat Margherita Pizza Ingredients:
For Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Base:
1.5 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Cup All Purpose Flour
1 Packet of Dry Active Yeast (Approx 1½ Tsp in each bag)
1 Tsp Honey
1¼ Cup Warm Water
1 Tsp Salt
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
For Margherita Pizza Topping:
2 Tsp Olive Oil
½ Tsp Garlic Powder
½ Cup Fresh Mozzarella
Cheese
Cheese
2 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese
2 Tbsp Tomato Ketchup
2 Large Tomato – Cut into rings
5-6 Fresh Basil Leaves
1 Tsp Salt
Method:
Prep Work: Preheat Oven at 425f (232C)
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- Mix whole wheat flour with all-purpose flour and keep aside.
- In a large pot, combine yeast, honey, 4 tsp warm water and set aside for 10 min. (This step is very important as yeast forms quickly in warm sweet water)
- Add salt, oil, the rest of the warm water, 1 cup of flour, and mix lightly. (Make sure to knead lightly as putting too much pressure will flatten/harden the pizza base when baked)
- Add the rest of the flour and make it into loose dough.
- Grease a pot, put the dough, cover with wet cloth & keep for 1 hr.
- Dough double in size, turn on board, cut in 4 balls, put wet cloth, and keep in a warm place for 40 min.
- The dough balls will rise further, roll each of them into a round pizza base.
- Now apply olive oil on each pizza base followed by ketchup sauce.
- Place Tomato rings on each pizza base, and sprinkle cheese, basil leaves, garlic powder, and salt.
- Place 2 pizza on each tray (Lined with aluminum foil).
- Put the tray in the bottom of the oven bake at 450degree for 5 min and then shift to the middle rack for 5-6 min.
- Take out the pizza, run a pizza slicer to cut it into desired slices and Serve Hot.
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Whole Wheat Margherita Pizza from Scratch
Whole Wheat Margherita Pizza: easy recipe uses a homemade whole wheat pizza base from scratch. Topped with cheese and tomato sauce.
Prep Time
1 hour
Cook Time
20 minutes
Additional Time
10 minutes
Total Time
1 hour 30 minutes
Ingredients
For Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Base:
- 1.5 cups Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 Cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 Packet of Dry Active Yeast (Approx 1½ Tsp in each bag)
- 1 Tsp Honey
- 1¼ Cup Warm Water
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
For Margherita Pizza Topping:
- 2 Tsp Olive Oil
- ½ Tsp Garlic Powder
- ½ Cup Fresh Mozzarella Cheese
- 2 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese
- 2 Tbsp Tomato Ketchup
- 2 Large Tomato – Cut into rings
- 5-6 Fresh Basil Leaves
- 1 Tsp Salt
Instructions
Prep Work: Preheat Oven at 425f (232C)
- Mix whole wheat flour with all-purpose flour and keep aside.
- In a large pot, combine yeast, honey, 4 tsp warm water and set aside for 10 min. (This step is very important as yeast forms quickly in warm sweet water)
- Add salt, oil, the rest of the warm water, 1 cup of flour, and mix lightly. (Make sure to knead lightly as putting too much pressure will flatten/harden the pizza base when baked)
- Add the rest of the flour and make it into loose dough.
- Grease a pot, put the dough, cover with wet cloth & keep for 1 hr.
- Dough double in size, turn on board, cut in 4 balls, put wet cloth, and keep in a warm place for 40 min.
- The dough balls will rise further, roll each of them into a round pizza base.
- Now apply olive oil on each pizza base followed by ketchup sauce.
- Place Tomato rings on each pizza base, and sprinkle cheese, basil leaves, garlic powder, and salt.
- Place 2 pizzas on each tray (Lined with aluminum foil).
- Put the tray in the bottom of the oven bake at 450 degrees for 5 min and then shift to the middle rack for 5-6 min.
- Take out the pizza, run a pizza slicer to cut it into desired slices, and Serve Hot.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 407Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 1383mgCarbohydrates: 65gFiber: 7gSugar: 6gProtein: 15g
4 Replies to "Whole Wheat Margherita Pizza"
decocinasytacones June 24, 2012 (9:02 pm)
What a nice pizza dough.
Love Molly
Marialuisa
Molly Kumar June 25, 2012 (5:54 am)
Thanks Marialuisa. Hope your vacations are gng great !!!!
faseela June 24, 2012 (6:31 pm)
wow….super yummy n tempting Pizza,….that too with wheat flour….loved it
Molly Kumar June 25, 2012 (5:53 am)
Thanks, even I was surprised that it tasted so good with whole wheat dough 🙂