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Cruising with Cyn
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This 6 week installment of Cruising with Cyn, we will be exploring local cuisine from the regions we will be visiting. Ken and I will be preparing a traditional meal from Barcelona, Naples, Rome, Florence, Nice and Toulon. We will be posting the receipe and our review.


Pizza Margherita is a pizza prepared according to a recipe of the Italian chef Raffaelle Esposito. The pizza was first made in 1899 when Queen Marghereta visited Napels to escape a cholera epidemic in the north of Italy. The ingredients used to make a Margherita pizza, tomatos, mozzarella cheese and basil, imitate the colors of the Italian flag. Queen Margherata liked the pizza so much that she wrote a thank you letter to Esposito, who decided to name the pizza after the Queen.

Pizza Margherita
Ingredients
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1/2 lb. plum Roma tomatoes, chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed and finely chopped 1/2 tsp. salt 1 12" uncooked NY Style dough crust 6 oz. mozzarella cheese, shredded 6 fresh basil leaves cut into julienne strips extra virgin olive oil 1/4 cup fresh shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions
• Combine 2 Tbls. olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, and salt in bowl.
• Allow to marinate while making dough.
• Brush dough crust lightly with olive oil.
• Top with cheese, then tomatoes.
• Drizzle with olive oil.
• Bake in preheated 500F oven on pizza stone for 8−10 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is bubbly.
• Remove from oven and top with parmesan cheese, then basil.
• Cool on a wire rack for 2−3 minutes before cutting into wedges and serving.
• Serve with a glass of good red wine.

Join us next week when we be making a pasta dish from Rome.