Pizza Margherita - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 lb prepared pizza dough
    1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes, drained, seeded, and chopped
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    3 tablespoons olive oil
    5 ounces mozzarella cheese, ball thinly sliced into 8 pieces
    6 black olives, pitted and halved
    8 -10 fresh basil leaves
Preparation
    On lightly floured surface, roll out pizza dough into 12 inch circle. Transfer it to a pizza stone or pan.
    Spread tomatoes over dough, sprinkle with salt, and drizzle with 2 tbsp of the olive oil. Arrange the cheese and olives on top.
    Bake in 475 degree F oven, until golden and bubbly, about 15-18 minutes. Sprinkle with basil leaves and drizzle with the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil.

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