Margherita Pizza

This basic pizza recipe is set off by the whole wheat dough and the homemade pizza sauce!

Ingredients
1 pkg. prepared whole wheat pizza dough
2 tbsp. exta-virgin olive oil
6 cloves garlic, minced
28 oz. can of tomatoes
1 tsp. kosher salt, divided
Dash of pepper
3/4 tsp. organo
Yellow cornmeal
6 oz. sliced mozzarella
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
1/3 cup fresh basil leaves

Directions
To make pizza sauce:
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and saute about 1 minute.
Remove tomatoes from can with a slotted spoon and reserve juices. Crush tomatoes.
Stir tomatoes, juices, 3/4 tsp. salt, pepper and oregano into skillet.
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.

To make pizza:
Remove dough from refrigerator and let stand until it reaches room temperature.
Punch dough down and press to make a 12-inch circle on a lightly floured baking sheet. Sprinkle with cornmeal and crimp edges. Cover dough with plastic wrap.
Sprinkle a pizza stone with cornmeal and place on lowest rack of oven. Preheat oven to 550 degrees F. Preheat the pizza stone for 30 minutes.
Remove plastic wrap from dough and sprinkle with 1/4 tsp. salt.
Spread pizza sauce evenly over dough, leaving about a 1/2-inch border.
Arrange mozzarella slices over dough. Sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese.
Slide dough onto pizza stone with a spatula.

Bake at 550 degrees F.  for about 11 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
Remove from oven and top with basil.