Pizza Margherita. Evidence ranking
Margarita Pizza
#1 among published recipes we could fairly measure. We use this ranking to build The GüdDish when the method is cook-validated.
Ranking verdict
Split Decision
Current evidence cannot confidently separate the top two. Treat this as a shortlist, not a single crown.
#1 ranked recipe
skinnytaste.com
· top 25% of 47 analysed
4.84 from 66 ratings
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#1 published Pizza Margherita by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-02): Margarita Pizza from skinnytaste.com (of 47 rated recipes across 18 sites). Verdict: Split Decision, limited corpus. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
Among published Pizza Margherita recipes we could fairly measure, #1 is Margarita Pizza from skinnytaste.com (47 rated recipes across 18 sites). GüdScore orders them by how far each outperforms its own publisher. That ranking is how we decide what to learn from when we build The GüdDish.
Why it ranked first
This recipe
4.84
skinnytaste.com avg
4.75
Ahead of its publisher by 0.08 stars. That gap, not the raw rating alone, drives the rank, because a 4.99 on a site where everything is 4.99 means little.
- 66 people rated it, enough that the score is not resting on a handful of opinions.
- That combination puts it in the top 25% of every Pizza Margherita recipe we analysed.
Runner-up: Margherita Pizza (spendwithpennies.com), ★ 5.00 from 13 ratings.
What this takes
4, 4 servings · 45 min total · 30 min prep · 12 ingredients · 8 steps
- 1 cup all purpose or white whole wheat flour* ((5 oz ) plus more for dusting)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup 0% Stonyfield Greek yogurt (not regular, drained if there's any liquid)
- 1/3 cup canned san marzano tomatoes (crushed by hand)
- 1 small garlic clove (minced)
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- pinch dried oregano
- fresh black pepper to taste
- 4 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese (sliced thin and torn by hand)
- fresh basil (torn for topping)
- extra virgin olive oil (optional for drizzling)
The GüdDish · draft · cook QA in progress
GüdDish Pizza Margherita
This is the pizza margherita we cook at home when we want the best result without juggling ten tabs. We read the strongest recipes we could find, kept the ingredients and techniques that overlap again and again, and cut the rest. What is left is one combined method: the best of the best, easy to handle, easy to run, and built to come out right every time.
serves 4 to 6
70 min total
4 steps
Needs cook QA
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We already drafted The GüdDish from the field. It is not cook-validated yet, so Rank stays primary until QA is green. We do not ship a half-tested recipe as the answer.
Full evidence ranking
Showing 10 of a 10-slot list for this dish’s pool of 47 scored recipes. First 7 clear the full CrowdScore floor (at least 6 ratings and 4.5+ stars), ordered by how far each beats its own publisher after we adjust for rating volume. Filled 3 more slots with high-rated recipes that only have thinner vote counts (at least 1 rating, still real stars — marked Thin evidence). Star ratings and counts are the publisher’s public evidence when present. Close places can still reverse with more data.
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1Margarita Pizza4.84 from 66 ratings
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2Margherita Pizza5.00 from 13 ratings
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3Margherita Pizza4.60 from 51 ratings
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4Margherita Pizza (Pizza Margherita)5.00 from 18 ratings
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5Quick and Easy Margherita Pizza5.00 from 6 ratings
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6Naan Pizza4.65 from 70 ratings
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7Margherita Pizza4.65 from 42 ratings
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8Margherita Pizza5.00 from 2 ratings · below usual vote floor
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9Margherita Pizza Recipe5.00 from 1 rating · below usual vote floor
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10Margherita Pizza5.00 from 1 rating · below usual vote floor
Major publishers (ratings not CrowdScore-verified)
Some major publishers show star totals without review-level data we can audit. Those aggregates never enter CrowdScore. They can still appear here as honest publisher claims or as method references. Below: top claims for this dish.
Behind the evidence
47Recipes rated
18Sites
606Ratings
LimitedOrdering confidence
What enters GüdScore
We only put a recipe in GüdScore when we can check the evidence behind its rating at the review level. Sites that only publish closed aggregate stars, without recoverable reviews, stay outside that score rather than being quietly down-weighted. Where we can rebuild ratings from raw public reviews, we do that before a recipe competes. Full methodology: How GüdScore works.
FAQ
What is the best Pizza Margherita recipe?
#1 published Pizza Margherita by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-02): Margarita Pizza from skinnytaste.com (of 47 rated recipes across 18 sites). Verdict: Split Decision, limited corpus. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
How does GüdDish pick a winner?
We search the open web for methods, measure rated recipes with GüdScore (evidence engine), study ingredients and techniques that set the strongest ones apart, then build one GüdDish. GüdScore does not hand you a single best recipe alone. Details: https://guddish.com/method.html
What does the verdict mean?
The Rank verdict describes the published-recipe competition, not a grade for The GüdDish. Clear Winner means number one is well ahead. Close Contest, Photo Finish, and Split Decision mean the top recipes are hard to separate. Limited corpus means we analyzed fewer recipes than a mature dish.
Why are some big publishers missing from GüdScore?
GüdScore only includes ratings we can audit at the review level. Sites that only expose closed aggregate scores, without recoverable review data, stay outside that score. Their recipes may still inform technique. See How GüdDish works for the full rules.
How often is this updated?
This page’s data was last scored or re-synced on 2026-08-02.
The public Rank is the top 10. The rest of the scored pool lives in the JSON API, not on this page.