Homemade Neapolitan pizza
Tired of ordering take-out or using frozen store bought
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Anywhere you go in the world you can order a cheese pizza, mushroom pizza, or pineapple pizza, but one of the best pizzas I’ve tried was just outside of Naples – the Neapolitan
Why you’ll love this Neapolitan style pizza
- They are far more cost efficient than buying take outs.
- You can batch make and freeze Neapolitan pizzas so you always have them when you have a
pizza craving! - Perfect easy food for outdoor cooking,
pizza nights, and game days. - All the ingredients are 100% vegetarian.
Ingredients you’ll need
You’ll need all the ingredients shown in the photograph below.
How to make Neapolitan pizza with step by step instructions
A full printable recipe and the measurements in both US customary and metric are available in the recipe card below.
If you are making Neapolitan pizza dough (optional)
Using a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook or paddle attachment, or, if you don’t have a stand mixer, a bowl and a rubber spatula, add active dry yeast and granulated sugar to a bowl of warm water and whisk together.
Tip your
When you’ve finished kneading, press the dough with your fingers and if it bounces back, it’s ready to start rising, if it doesn’t knead a little longer until it does.
Now, grease a large bowl with olive oil and place the dough in it and either use a linen kitchen towel or plastic wrap to cover the dough.
Leave the dough in a warm place to rise, it should double in size, and it’ll take between 90 minutes and two hours, don’t be afraid to give it time.
When your dough has risen, remove the covering and punch down on it, punching it will release any of the air bubbles.
Place the
Roll the two halves into
Using a floured rolling pin, roll them into 12 inch disc shapes, approximately ½ inch thick.
If you are using an Ooni pizza oven
Preheat your pizza oven to 850°F/450°C.
Lightly dust your
Spread pizza sauce evenly on the dough, leaving a ½ inch border. Scatter fresh mozzarella cheese slices, torn fresh basil leaves, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
Place your
Remove from the oven, serve immediately and enjoy your Neapolitan
If you are using a kitchen oven
Preheat your
Lightly dust your pizza pan or work surface with flour and place your pizza dough on it.
Spread pizza sauce evenly on the dough, leaving a ½ inch border. Scatter fresh buffalo mozzarella cheese slices, torn fresh basil leaves, and a drizzle of olive oil.
Place your
Remove from the oven, serve immediately and enjoy your Neapolitan
Recipe notes and expert tips
- Make ahead
Make thepizza sauce and thepizza dough up to a couple of days ahead and store them in the fridge. - Use Tipi 00 flour
This type of flour gives the best results for light, fluffy, and crispypizza dough. - Storage
Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days and freeze for up to 3 months.
What is an authentic Neapolitan pizza recipe?
A Neapolitan
The true taste of a Neapolitan
This original style of
The true Neapolitan pizza dough recipe calls for using either Tipo 00 flour or durum wheat flour as the base ingredient for creating soft and foldable dough and is used by many Italian pizzerias.
Once that’s ready, San Marzano tomatoes are then added to form the sauce, followed by mozzarella cheese and fresh basil leaves to give it flavor, and cooked in a wood fired oven.
Can I use store bought dough?
Yes, you can. You don’t always have the time to make homemade
Do I need a pizza oven to cook a Neapolitan pizza ?
No, you don’t but it does make a much better
We love our pizza oven, it heats up to an incredibly high heat and you can cook a Neapolitan
If you don’t have a
Our final recommendation is a pizza pan, this has holes in it allowing some of the heat to circulate and will give a better
How to store leftover pizza Napoletana
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days, either eat cold or you can reheat pizza in an air fryer.
Freeze for up to 3 months.
What’s the best pizza sauce?
The best
You can buy canned San Marzano tomatoes, they are sweeter than most and make a big flavor difference on a homemade Neapolitan pizza.
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Homemade Neapolitan Pizza
Utensils
Ingredients
- Flour to coat your work surface
- 1 x 12 inch pizza crust
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- ½ cup fresh mozzarella cheese sliced
- 2 ounces basil leaves torn
- Olive oil a drizzle
Instructions
If using an Ooni pizza oven:
- Preheat your pizza oven to 850°F/450°C
- Lightly dust your pizza peel with flour, then place your pizza crust on the flourFlour, 1 x 12 inch pizza crust
- Spread pizza sauce evenly on the base of your pizza, leaving a ½ inch border. Scatter fresh mozzarella cheese slices, torn basil leaves, and a drizzle of olive oil.½ cup pizza sauce, ½ cup fresh mozzarella cheese
- Place the pizza in the oven and cook, using the pizza turner to turn the pizza every 20 seconds for an even cook, until the base has crisped and the topping is evenly cooked approximately 2 – 3 minutes
- Remove from the oven and serve immediately and enjoy your Neapolitan pizza!
If using a kitchen oven:
- Preheat your oven to 500°F/260°C, if you are using a pizza stone, place it in the oven to heat up
- Lightly dust your work surface or pizza pan with flour, then place your pizza crust on the flourFlour, 1 x 12 inch pizza crust
- Spread pizza sauce evenly on the base of your pizza, leaving a ½ inch border and scatter fresh mozzarella cheese slices.½ cup pizza sauce, ½ cup fresh mozzarella cheese
- Place your pizza on a pizza tray and cook until the base has crisped and the topping is evenly cooked approximately 8 – 10 minutes
- Remove from the oven and garnish and with fresh basil leaves and a drizzle of olive oil. Serve immediately and enjoy your Neapolitan pizza!
Notes
Make the pizza sauce and the pizza dough up to a couple of days ahead and store them in the fridge. Use Tipi 00 flour
This type of flour gives the best results for light, fluffy, and crispy pizza dough. Storage
Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days and freeze for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Disclaimer
Please note that nutrient values are estimates only. Variations can occur due to product availability and manner of food preparation. Nutrition may vary based on methods of origin, preparation, freshness of ingredients, and other factors.
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Nothing like homemade pizza. This sounds amazing and I can’t wait to try it. Thank you.
We hope you enjoy it!
LOL it’s a pre-made crust. NOT homemade
Ahh that’s where you’re mistaken, if you scroll up you can even see photos of us making it!
How good is this! Yummers! I love the simplicity of flavors – it tastes so good and so authentically Italian!
Thanks! We’re so pleased you enjoyed it!
This was the perfect flavor combination for my pizza! Loved your topping suggestions.
We were crazing pizza and this came out just perfect! It was exactly what we wanted. Bookmarking this to make again!
Oh wow I love making pizza from scratch on the weekends! This pizza turned out amazing and was so fun to make!
So pleased it turned out great, we think pizza making is so much fun too!