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My take on the classic white pizza (pizza bianca)! This white pizza is made without ricotta cheese, loads of mozzarella cheese and olive oil, an abundance of garlic, and the easiest thin crust for a restaurant-quality pizza right at home!
Homemade White Pizza (Pizza Bianca)
Every time I go to a pizzeria, I’m always so torn as to what to order. I tend to go with the classics – a plain cheese pizza or an extra-loaded pepperoni pizza. However, years ago, I tried a white pizza, also known as a pizza bianca on some menus, and my goodness. I fell in love with the absence of red sauce. Give me all the cheese and garlic, please! Some high quality extra virgin olive oil on top and for dipping, too!
Usually white pizzas have ricotta but when I made this homemade version, I omitted it as I didn’t have it on hand at the time and trust me – it’s still just as good! It still has all the garlicky and cheesy flavors.
What Is White Pizza?
If you’re wondering what the heck white pizza is, white pizza is a pizza that is made without red sauce (tomato sauce). It’s topped with white cheeses and typically has an olive oil and garlic base. It is often times called white pizza on menus but can also be called pizza bianca, pizza bianco, or pizza blanco.
How to Make White Pizza
Making white pizza at home is super easy. You can either use store-bought pizza dough or make your own thin crust pizza dough with this recipe! Then, all you really need are basic ingredients like olive oil, garlic, and cheese!
Tips for Making White Pizza at Home
- Grate your own cheese! It helps it melt so much more beautifully and smoothly. Store-bought cheese contains a bunch of add-ins to prevent clumping, and that can make your pizza topping starchy and chalky.
- Just the right amount of cheese and not more! We love cheese, but if you load on too many toppings, your pizza is going to get soggy.
- Invest in a pizza stone or pizza steel. It makes the pizza crust turn out SO much better and crispier. The ability to retain high heat really helps when making pizzas at home.
Storage and Reheating Instructions
Allow leftovers to cool then individually wrap pizza slices in plastic wrap or foil and refrigerate for up to 3 days. To reheat, use an air fryer (preferred method) until warmed through or use a toaster oven until warmed through. A microwave can work but the air fryer and toaster oven keeps the pizza nice and crispy!
White Pizza
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 recipe for pizza dough
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 cups (224 g) shredded whole-milk mozzarella cheese
- 1 ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Salt, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit and lightly flour a 13-inch pizza pan.
- Using your hands, gently stretch the dough in the pizza pan.1 recipe for pizza dough
- Leaving a 1-inch border from the edge, brush olive oil and minced garlic all over the dough. It's okay if the minced garlic doesn't cover all the space. Sprinkle garlic powder evenly over the oil and garlic.3 tablespoons olive oil, 3 cloves garlic, 1 ½ teaspoons garlic powder
- Sprinkle mozzarella cheese all over top then the Italian seasoning and salt.2 cups (224 g) shredded whole-milk mozzarella cheese, 1 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning, Salt
- Bake for 12-13 minutes or until cheese is bubbling and the crust has browned around the edges.
- Allow to cool for about 5-10 minutes before slicing and serving.
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Photographs by Meg McKeehan Photography
Glorious white pizza, indeed, Julie! But, oh-mah-garsh…those sweet little babies, cats and dogs, both young and old. I want to adopt them all! Every single time we go to PetSmart or our local Humane Society to donate, or even watch those dreary ASPCA commercials, the tears flow! *sniff, sniff*
I love a good white pizza, this looks fab!
Love this pizza!! Think i’ll have some for lunch!
This looks PERFECT! I am drooling!
White pizza is the best! This one looks amazing, as per usual. And um, yeahhh, the last time I went to an animal shelter I came home with a kitten. ;)
Nice and simple and always good!
oh god. I feel like crying just reading that- I am an animal lover to the max and early Pete and I had to have an agreement that I couldn’t go to any shelters or he knew we would have a whole houseful. But it just breaks my heart, The pizza looks wonderful though :)
Drooling over this gorgeous pizza! Mmmm!!
Love love love white pizza. This looks amazing. And that seriously is dedication to go to soulcycle in that kind of brutal cold! Brrrr.
Re Pets my older sister has five rescue dogs, she’s 73 and praying she outlives her beloved dogs though she has s horrible desease called distonía. my husband is
also 73 has a variety of health problems and feels the same way as my sister about our four little rescued dogs, one is almost 20 and we have had her since she was 2! Re the Pizza fixing it tomorrow on flat bread with anchovies, Can hardly wait!!
We got to Pets Mart all the time to look at the animals and I agree on wanting to take some home. White pizza is one of my favorites!