I have seen youtube videos and carefully followed the recipe of fresh
chopped tomatoes, mozzarella, and fresh basil leaves. . I have made lots
of pizzas but never made one with a fresh herb. I topped the pizza with
virgin olive oil and that covered hit and miss the fresh basil leaves. So
what went wrong that the basil shrivilled up and became black? The basil
had no flavour except sort of an ash taste. The dough, tomatoes and cheese
were perfect.