Pizza Margherita

1 basic pizza crust-homemade or store-bought (your choice)

3-4 ripe plum tomatoes

4 Tbsp olive oil

salt and pepper

4-5 large basil leaves

1/2 pound fresh mozzarella sliced

Heat oven to 500 degrees and preheat pizza stone for 10 min.In a food processor, pulse the tomatoes, 1 tbsp of oil and some salt and pepper.  Make your pizza on a piece of parchment paper. Tip-cut the paper to the size of your crust or the edges of the paper burn-trust me on this.  Spread the sauce on the pizza, it will be thin but don’t worry. The hot oven will cause the water to evaporate off the pizza. Put the dough with sauce into the oven for 10 minutes on the bottom rack. Remove carefully and add the fresh basil leaves, torn up, and the cheese slices. Drizzle the rest of the olive oil as well. Put the pizza back in the oven, moving to the middle rack if need be, for about 5-8 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bottom of the crust is light brown. Remove and enjoy! We added a bit more basil when it was out of the oven, that is why the basil is two different colors.