Chris Bianco's Marinara Pizza
Here's How to Make Chris Bianco's Marinara Pizza from the Netflix Show "Chef's Table: Pizza". This one is all about the simple Italian flavors of tomato sauce, garlic, basil, and salt flakes.
Servings: 1 12"-14" Pizza
Equipment
- 1 Pizza Peel (Wooden)
- 1 Pizza Stone or Pizza Steel
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 14 oz Pizza Dough for 14" pie (See dough recipe link in instructions below.) 12 oz for 12" pie) (See dough recipe link in instructions below.)
Pizza Toppings
- 6 oz peeled crushed tomatoes
- dried oregano
- 2 cloves garlic sliced super thin
- 3 leaves fresh basil
- olive oil extra virgin
- sea salt Flakes for finishing. Chris uses Maldon. I used Xwejni from Malta.
Instructions
Preheat Conventional Home Oven
- I baked this in a conventional home oven. I have a pizza stone on the bottom rack, and a pizza steel on the top rack. The oven gets preheated to 525º F, and then holds for one hour before baking the pizza. (If your oven will go to 550º, do that.)
Pizza Dough Base
- See my Pizza Dough Recipe: https://pizzaismylife.com/pizza-dough-recipes/easy-ny-style-pizza-dough-recipe/
- See my How-To on Shaping the Dough: https://pizzaismylife.com/pizza-dough-recipes/how-to-form-the-pizza-round/
Topping the Pizza (Pre-bake)
- Put the crushed tomatoes into a small bowl and crush them some more with your hands.
- Distribute the tomato sauce over pizza dough.
- Sprinkle dried oregano evenly around the pizza.
- Place the thinly sliced garlic starting in the center of the pizza with the center more densely populated. Work your way outward with less garlic as you go.
- Place the three fresh basil leaves near the center.
- Drizzle extra virgin olive oil all around the pizza.
Baking the Pizza
- Bake at 525° F 8-9 minutes for 14", or 7-8 minutes for a 12" pizza.
Topping the Pizza (Post-bake)
- Sprinkle your salt flakes of choice evenly over the pizza.
- Slice and serve.
