The pizza caprese as we all surely know, inherited its name from the most famous Caprese salad, typical recipe of the island Capri.

It is now widespread throughout the Italian. Contrary to what you may think, the caprese pizza is a dish suitable for all seasons, simple, fresh and light. The ingredients that compose it are: buffalo mozzarella and tomato salad "ox heart" that should be cut into thin slices and laid on top of a warm, freshly baked focaccia. Of crucial importance is the oregano and fresh basil with its scents complete this delicious pizza.

Pizza Caprese: The Recipe to prepare a House

Prepare the cake is simple: With the dosage regimen in our recipe, you will get 3 pizzas diameter 28-30 cm, be stuffed to prepare your pizza caprese.

Recipe for focaccia:

Flour type "O" 550 grams

Water 330 ml not cold(20 degrees around)

2 tablespoons olive oil

13 grams of salt

1 spoonful of sugar

3 grams of yeast

Preparation of focaccia:

Dissolve yeast in water, add flour, oil and sugar and started to knead. Once blended the ingredients, add the salt. When the dough will be compact and elastic, dividetelo in 3 balls, cover them well and let rise until doubled in volume will not be, take about an hour.

Roll out the balls with a rolling pin or your fingertips to give the size of the container for cooking.

Let rise for other 30 minutes, then seasoned with olive oil, salt and rosemary.

Bake in an oven pre-heated to 200 degrees for 15 minutes or until the surface will be completely golden.

Preparation of caprese:

Thinly sliced ​​tomato and buffalo mozzarella, Arrange the slices over the pizza focaccia still hot (see figure below), add the fresh basil, oregano and season with extra virgin olive oil and salt.

Bon Appetite

Want to know more about Capri? Let's take a look at wikipedia