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Default Pizza Margherita


"Kent" > wrote in message
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> When you make Pizza Margherita what do you do?
>
> 1. Do you use fresh tomatoes or tomato sauce.


Fresh plump vine ripe Roma tomatoes only

> 2 If you use fresh tomatoes do you squeeze them first to get rid of

some
> of the liquid.


Yes

> 3 Do you put the tomatoes[not sauce] on top of the cheese or underneath


Cheese on top. You want to see the color, the pizza is supposed to be the
color of the Italian flag.

> 4 Where do you put the basil, under the cheese, or on top.


You alternate it. Little sauce, little cheese, little basil. Spread it
around so you see it all.

> 5 If the basil goes on top, doesn't it burn to the point where you lose
> the taste you're looking for?


Nope.