Easy Neapolitan Pizza Recipe
Sonja · acouplecooks.com · 2025 · Original
Neapolitaninferred from the title
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: to 3 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Neapolitan style, one of 207 in the lab. Its dough did not parse to grams, so it sits out the dough comparisons.
Neapolitan (Naples, Campania): thin flexible base, puffy leoparded cornicione, ~90s at ~900F, fior di latte or bufala, crushed raw tomato
Tradition: 55 to 70% hydration · 800 to 950°F bake (this recipe: 500°F)
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Process
Bake temp
500°F / 260°C
Bake time
7 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (5)
- sauce tomatoEasy Pizza Sauce**1/3 cup · 66.7g
- cheese mozzarella2 to 3 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese2 oz · 85g
- cheese otherParmesan cheesen/a
- saltKosher saltn/a
- flourSemolina flour or cornmealn/a
Toppings (1)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheese2 basil leaves
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