8 Excellent Tomato-Free White Pizza Recipes
Meet the white pizza, a flavorful blank slate for your favorite toppings.
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Not all gooey, cheesy pizza requires red sauce or tomatoes. Meet the white pizza, a flavorful blank slate for your favorite toppings. Here are eight awesome white pizza recipes to try.
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Scallop and Bacon Pizza
A quick, garlicky béchamel stands in for crème fra?che and cheese in this luxurious white pizza.
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Summer Squash and Arugula Pizza with Fontina Cheese
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For a fantastic white pizza (made with no sauce), chef Thomas McNaughton tops his amazing crust with creamy Fontina, salty Parmigiano-Reggiano, tender squash, spicy chiles, and lightly bitter arugula.
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Eggplant, Pesto, and Goat Cheese Pizza
Tangy goat cheese, sharp Parmesan, tender sautéed eggplant, and bold pesto cover this mouth-watering pizza.
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Fennel and Sweet Onion Pizza with Green Olives
Brown ale and whole-wheat flour provide great flavor in this chewy crust topped with Trugole, Pernod-braised fennel, sweet onion, and Sicilian green olives.
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Potato Pizza with Crème Fra?che and Bacon
This pizza starts with the flavors of the classic Alsatian pizza, made with crème fra?che, caramelized onion, and bacon, and adds soft confit garlic cloves and thin slices of potatoes.
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Cacio e Pepe Pizza
A scant topping of Pecorino Romano, olive oil, and pepper allows the crackling crust to shine.
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Grilled Asparagus Pizzas with Gremolata
The heat of the grill can wilt the freshest toppings, so pizzaiolo Daniele Uditi spoons something bright — a blend of fresh herbs, crushed red pepper, and garlic — over the pizza once it comes off the grate.
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Mushroom and Goat Cheese Béchamel Pizzas
To give these individual pizzas an extra-luxe topping, chef Andres Barrera makes a velvety béchamel sauce with goat cheese and freshly grated nutmeg, then adds dollops of sautéed mushrooms.
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