White Pizza Recipe (Pizza Bianca)
This authentic white pizza recipe features handmade dough, garlic olive oil, and four cheeses for the cheesiest pizza recipe!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Makes: 2 (11-12 inch) pizzas
Ingredients
- 2 (16 oz) pizza dough balls*
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves , grated
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds (optional)
- 1 cup shredded whole milk mozzarella
- 2/3 cup shredded provolone cheese
- 1/2 cup whole milk ricotta
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
- arugula
- red pepper flakes or chopped Calabrian chilies
- flaky sea salt
- freshly cracked pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven. Preheat an oven to 500ºF with a pizza stone or steel inside at least 40-45 minutes before cooking.
- Make the garlic oil. Mix your grated garlic into some olive oil and stir until well combined and then set aside.
- Grate your cheese. Please do not use pre-shredded cheese for this recipe! Shredded cheese is coated in cellulose to keep it from clumping and it doesn't melt as well. Grate your cheese by hand or in a food processor with a shredding attachment. Mix the mozzarella, provolone, and parmesan together.
- Stretch the dough. On a lightly floured surface, stretch your dough into an 11-12" circle and place it on a pizza peel (if using a pizza oven or stone) or directly onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Top the pizza. Brush the crust all over with the garlic olive oil and sprinkle with red pepper flakes or chopped Calabrian chile. Top with shredded cheeses, leaving a bit of crust exposed. Dollop the top with ricotta. Sprinkle the crust with sesame seeds if desired, and freshly grate some pepper all over.
- Bake. Bake the pizza until the crust is browned and the cheese is hot and bubbly and browned (10-15 minutes in the oven). Remove and top with arugula and more parmesan cheese.
Notes
*Pizza dough: Use fresh pizza dough for this recipe; you can purchase it from Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, or your local pizza parlor. When making my own pizza dough, I make either a batch of Same Day Pizza Dough or 72-Hour Pizza Dough. Both are amazing, it just depends on how much time you have!
Cheese: I recommend grating your own cheese for this recipe vs using pre-shredded.
Read the above post for all pizza cooking methods including pizza oven, stone, skillet, and baking sheet.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 794kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 37gFat: 68gSaturated Fat: 27gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 31gCholesterol: 121mgSodium: 1024mgPotassium: 255mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1187IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 978mgIron: 2mg
