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Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. You absolutely want to use a pizza brick/baking stone for this.
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Throw it into the oven and let it heat up with the oven.
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Let the oven preheat for a good 30 minutes to ensure it is hot enough
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Prepare your favorite pizza dough in advance or just get out your ready made crust.
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(Note: if you are using fresh dough, place it on a cornmeal dusted pizza peel/cookie sheet.
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Cornmeal slides more easily than flour)
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Add olive oil to a pan, heat to medium and saute garlic for 1 minute or so.
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Add tomatoes, salt and oregano, bring to a boil for a minute and then lower heat and allow the sauce to simmer for 30 minutes.
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Evenly spread tomato sauce onto dough/crust.
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Cover pizza with slices of delicious fresh mozzarella, and go ahead and snag a bite or two for yourself.
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Gently jiggle pizza dough onto your super hot stone.
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(Or just slide the crust on, the dough requires more finesse).
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Bake for 12 minutes, keep an eye on it.
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I like my cheese to be a little brownuse your judgement.
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Unless you use dough (as opposed to prepared crusts), you cant really underbake it.
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If using fresh dough just make sure the edges are golden and crispy looking.
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Remove from the oven and allow it to cool for a good 5 minutes or so to let the juices in the sauce settle, or it will leak everywhere making your crust soggy (unless you inhale your pizza in seconds, which is feasible.)
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Toss some fresh torn basil on top and cut, enjoy!
