The Secret to Incredibly Easy Homemade Pizza Making this homemade Pizza Margherita is simple and gratifying. The pizza dough requires no kneading, and you can use it over the course of two weeks. By Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., and Zoë François Follow the ingeniously simple no-knead method to save time and money and become the pizza hero at your house. PHOTO: TIM NAUMAN PHOTOGRAPHY/WWW.TIMNAUMAN.COM Classic Pizza Margherita is made with just a few ingredients: flour, yeast, salt, water, olive oil, basil, tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. TIM NAUMAN PHOTOGRAPHY/WWW.TIMNAUMAN.COM Making a homemade pizza any time you want is easy if you make a big batch of dough all at once.