Marinara Pizza
The humble marinara. The perfect example of the joyous simplicity of Neapolitan pizza; no cheese, no frills, just really good flavours working together in perfect harmony. Let the king of street pizza Adam Atkins (@peddlingpizzas) show you how it's done.
Equipment
Ingredients
For the marinara sauce
1250g / 44oz Rega Italian peeled tomatoes or other high quality tinned plum tomatoes
8 to12g / 0.2 – 0.4oz fine salt
To make one marinara pizza
260g / 9oz Neapolitan pizza dough ball
Sprinkle of semolina flour to roll
2 large spoons of marinara sauce
Sprinkle of dried oregano
1 garlic clove, roughly chopped
2tbsp olive oil
A few fresh basil leaves
Step 1:
Place half the tin of tomatoes into a food hand mill with large holes, place a bowl underneath and break up the tomatoes, repeat with the remaining tin. You could use your hands or a stick blender, just make sure you go through each tomato one at a time.
Step 2:
Add the salt to the marinara and stir through, you should have a slightly chunky marinara sauce.
Step 3:
Take 1 ball of dough, dust with semolina flour and push the air out towards the crust and slap out the dough. Check out the ‘pizza for beginners’ series on YouTube for a guide on opening a pizza dough ball.
Step 4:
Place the marinara sauce onto the pizza and spread out ensuring a thin crust.
Step 5:
Sprinkle over the dried oregano, chopped garlic clove and olive oil.
Step 6:
Heat the Gozney Dome or Roccbox to 500°C / 900°F, lower to 430°C / 800°F then increase the temperature to 480°C / 890°F, a high-medium flame – this will give the pizza a really good spring.
Step 7:
Place the pizza onto the Gozney Placement Peel and shape so it fills the peel, place into the oven. Leave for a few seconds and use the Gozney Turning Peel to turn and get an even bake.
Step 8:
Remove the pizza from the oven, tear over the fresh basil and use the Gozney Pizza Rocker to slice into 4 and serve.
Recipe Contributor
Adam Atkins
Gozney OG and street pizza legend, slinging pizzas from his custom American van in St Albans, UK.