Margherita Pizza

The National Crust was founded upon the ideology that great food should be shared, whether that be with friends, family or the public. That is why, at The National Crust, we not only share our food with the public, but also our recipes! I know first hand how frustrating it can be trying to recreate food you have just bought from your favourite take out, just to find its missing that special ingredient. So, at The National Crust we strive to provide transparency to our customers and viewers, in the hope they can find enjoyment in cooking and eating the very same food we serve up from our van and in our videos! That being said, lets get into todays recipe: The Margherita pizza 🙂

The pizza Margherita was invented in 1889 by Raffaele Esposito, chef at Pizzeria Brandi, in Naples. It was said to be in honour of the Queen of Italy, Margherita of Savoy, and the Italian unification. Today it is the most widespread pizza available and a simple favourite among many.

The traditional Margherita is a pizza base topped with 4 simple ingredients, tomatoes, basil, fresh mozzarella and extra virgin olive oil. At The National Crust we use a slightly different formation with, tomato sauce, basil, pecorino, fior de latte (low moisture mozzarella), and extra virgin olive oil. While it may appear simple, this pizza is delicious, providing fresh high quality ingredients are used!

Below you can find the recipe for our Margherita pizza, as well as links to our tomato sauce and dough recipes that make it up. You can also find links to the ingredients we use below: