Pizza Napoletana: Delicious Recipe

Discover the secrets of the authentic pizza napoletana. Everyone will love this recipe!

Pizza napoletana  is a very popular dish around the world that tastes great when properly prepared. Would you like to try this recipe for yourself? We explain step by step how you can cook this delicious Neapolitan pizza.

We are going to reveal some secrets for you to prepare the perfect napoletana pizza. Particularly important is the pizza base with a high and gentle edge that has nothing to do with a pizza romana whose dough is thinner and crispy. In some parts of the world this pizza dough is known as the classic “stone pizza” crust. Join us today, the authentic Neapolitan pizza recipe is delicious!

Pizza napoletana: authentic recipe

Difficulty of preparation:  mediocre

Preparation time (including dough):  +24 hours

Discover with us how you can make authentic Neapolitan pizza with a very fluffy batter. We suggest you the classic pizza margarita, but you can of course adapt the ingredients to your taste.

Even if you are on a diet, you can treat yourself to a homemade pizza every now and then. Choose the right ingredients so as not to diminish your success in losing weight. 

Ingredients for 2 large pizzas

• 450 g flour
• 250 ml of water
• 12 g salt
• 2.5 g fresh yeast
• extra virgin olive oil
• 400 g tomato sauce
• 250 g mozzarella
• fresh basil (to taste)
• Salt and oregano (to taste)

Pizza napoletana: preparation

Preparation of the pizza base

1. Put some water in a bowl and set it aside.
2. Then crumble the yeast in a large dough bowl and add the remaining water and flour. Mix everything well.
3. Then take the bowl with the water and dissolve the salt in it. Then mix this water with the rest of the batter. It is best to use a wooden spoon for this.
4. As soon as it becomes sticky, knead the dough with your hands.
5. Put some flour on the work surface and knead the dough well to get the texture you want.
6. Then you use it to form a uniform ball, which you put in a bowl and cover with a cloth. Let the dough rise for a day. The volume will triple.
7. Then you put flour again on the work surface and divide the dough into two equal parts.
8. Put each batter in a bowl and cover it with a cloth. You will now let the dough rise for another hour.

Preparation of the base

1. Put the tomato sauce in a bowl and mix it with two tablespoons of olive oil.
2. Then add oregano and salt if desired.

Preparation of the pizza napoletana

1. Take a ball of dough and stretch the dough in a circle on the floured surface. You shouldn’t work it too long to keep it from leaking. 
2. Preheat the oven to 250ºC.
3. The original pizza napoletana is baked in a stone oven, but this recipe will also taste delicious in a normal oven! If you have a pizza stone, you can use this to make the base crispy.
4. Spread the tomato sauce on the pizza crust.
5. Then you let the pizza bake in the preheated oven for about 8 minutes.
6. Then take them out of the oven and add the coarsely cut mozzarella to the pizza.
7. Then you let them bake in the oven for another 10 to 12 minutes.
8. Before serving, you can garnish the napoletana pizza with basil.

Ideas for a pizza napoletana

• In Argentina, Neapolitan pizza is prepared with tomato sauce, mozzarella and fresh tomato slices and seasoned with salt and oregano. Delicious!
• You can use many different ingredients for this pizza: mushrooms, ham, artichokes, anchovies, bacon, olives, peppers, sausages or whatever you fancy!
• Some pizzerias use bechamel and spinach instead of cheese.
• You can also use a variety of vegetables to make a vegetarian pizza.

Get creative and use a wide variety of ingredients for this pizza napoletana to add variety. This pizza will also taste great when you visit!