White Pizza Recipe

This White Pizza Recipe Without Ricotta is an excellent alternative to traditional marinara pizza. The mozzarella flavors, goat cheese, roasted garlic, and onions are fresh and delicious!

Course Dinner

Cuisine Italian

Keyword Cheap Dinner, Goat Cheese Pizza, Italian Pizza, Pesto Pizza, pizza, Sourdough Pizza, White Pizza

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 7

Homemade Sourdough Pizza Dough 18

Total Time 18 37

Servings servings

Calories 330kcal

Author Janine Waite

Equipment

1 Pizza Stone

Ingredients

1 batch Pizza Dough Makes 4 small 12-inch pizzas

Caramelized Onions

2 onion medium-size
4 tbsp butter

Roasted Garlic

1 bulb garlic If you love garlic add make two bulbs
1 tbsp olive oil
¼ tsp salt

Pizza Toppings

1 small container pesto sauce
2 12 oz sliced fresh Mozzarella
4 oz goat cheese
1 bunch fresh basil
1 cup fresh arugula I love this on my baked pizza, this is optional.
chili peppers

Instructions

Roasting Garlic

Preheat oven to 400°
Cut off the top of the garlic with a knife.
Remove any loose garlic skins.
Place garlic on a sheet of tin foil. Cover the garlic in the olive oil, and sprinkle with a little bit of salt.
Wrap up the tin foil by gathering the ends at the top, making a little package. Place on a baking tray and bake in a 400° oven for 30 minutes.
Once cooked, set aside for later.

Caramelized Onions

Slice onions
Melt butter in a medium-size skillet at medium to low temperature, and heat butter until the brown bits appear. Add onions and saute until onion slices are translucent and slightly brown.
Set aside in a bowl for later

Pizza Dough

Make the dough according to Alexandra's sourdough recipe. Allow for at least eight hours of prep. I have made it without refrigerating the dough for 6 - 8 hours, and the pizza tastes fine.
Preheat the oven to 500°. Make sure to place the pizza stones in the oven.
Weigh the uncooked dough and divide it into four equal parts.
Place flour on four sheets of parchment. The size of the paper should be at least 14 inches in length and width.
Form dough onto the paper into round 12" circles.

Building the Pizzas

Spread the pesto sauce over the formed pizza dough.
Place roasted onions and garlic on the pizza.
Place mozzarella slices on top of the pesto sauce and onions.
Sprinkle crumbles of goat cheese on the pizza.

Baking Pizza

Preheat oven to 500°
Transfer pizza (via pizza paddle) onto hot pizza stones in the oven.
Bake for 7 - 9 minutes until lightly brown.
When pizza is done cut and serve.

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