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Sheet-Pan Margherita Pizza

Crisp-bottomed sheet pizza with tomato, mozzarella, and torn basil, done in half an hour.

Sheet-Pan Margherita Pizza, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
32 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$8.22

Ingredients

  • 1 refrigerated pizza dough
  • 14 oz pizza sauce
  • 10 oz shredded mozzarella
  • 1/2 oz fresh basil
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 oz grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp salt

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 475F and oil a rimmed sheet pan generously.

  2. Press the dough out to the corners, resting a few minutes whenever it springs back.

  3. Spread the sauce almost to the edges and sprinkle with garlic powder and salt.

  4. Scatter the mozzarella and Parmesan evenly over the top.

  5. Bake 18 to 20 minutes until the cheese is bubbling and the underside of the crust is browned.

  6. Tear basil over the hot pizza, drizzle with olive oil, and cut into squares.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 8 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United States$32.89$8.228 of 8 ingredients
United Kingdom£23.38£5.858 of 8 ingredients
Australia$55.81$13.958 of 8 ingredients
New Zealand$60.53$15.138 of 8 ingredients
Greece30,55 €7,64 €8 of 8 ingredients
Egypt‏٨٨١٫٣٣ ج.م.‏‏٢٢٠٫٣٣ ج.م.‏8 of 8 ingredients
Spain20,99 €5,25 €8 of 8 ingredients
Mexico$865.37$216.348 of 8 ingredients
Canada$64.36$16.097 of 8 ingredients
Germany24,00 €6,00 €7 of 8 ingredients
Austria€ 19,12€ 4,786 of 8 ingredients

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