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White pizza may be one of the most underrated pizzas out there. Admittedly, this is coming from a born-and-raised Chicagoan who doesn’t like red sauce pizza. The uneven squares of a heavily sauced tavern-style ‘za should entice anyone to load up their plate on game days or at family parties, and deep dish pies<\/a> should be a delicacy I love. But tomato-based sauce is not my thing, and I’ve spent years munching on garlic bread<\/a> while my family has enjoyed pizza. As it turns out, white pizza is the solution.<\/p>\n Take out the red sauce and you have a crispy pizza dough smothered in multiple cheeses, sprinkled with herbs and baked until bubbly. It’s not quite traditional in terms of U.S.-style pies, but you will find pizza bianca<\/em> on regional Italian menus. Whether you love classic red sauce pizza or not, white pizza will win you over in its own right. Here’s how to make it so you can add it to your list of easy pizza recipes<\/a>. Oh, and don’t sleep on the variations you can make\u2014they’re the best part!<\/p>\n Preheat your oven to 400\u00b0F. The hotter the oven, the crispier your crust will be. Press the dough to fit a greased 14-inch pizza pan. Pinch the edges to form a small rim; this will prevent the oil and cheeses from dripping off the side. Bake the dough until the edges are lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes.<\/p>\n Combine the oil and garlic in a small bowl, and use an angled spatula to spread it over the crust.<\/p>\n In another small bowl, combine the ricotta, basil, oregano and pepper. Spread the mixture over the oiled crust.<\/p>\n Top that base with mozzarella, and sprinkle it with Parmesan. Bake the pizza on a lower oven rack until it’s heated through and the crust is golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.<\/p>\n If desired, switch your oven to the broil function to let the cheese puff up and to achieve a beautiful golden crust. Broil the pizza 3 to 4 inches from the heat for one to two minutes. Any longer could burn the cheese. Let the pizza stand for 10 minutes before serving, and sprinkle it with red pepper flakes if you want a bit of heat.<\/p>\n Allow the pizza to cool completely, then pull the slices apart. Layer them in an airtight container, and place parchment between the slices to prevent the cheese from sticking to the bottoms of the slices above. Plan to eat the leftovers in the next three to four days. To reheat pizza<\/a> so it tastes just as good as when it was freshly baked, heat it in the oven at 375\u00b0 for about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n We recommend making white pizza fresh and enjoying it as soon as it comes out of the oven. But you can freeze pizza dough<\/a> to use later. Once the dough defrosts, bake it as usual. Then, all you’ll have to do is layer on your toppings and pop it in the oven for another 10 minutes.<\/p>\n Not quite. Alfredo sauce can be used to make white pizza if you wish, but typically a white pizza leaves sauce out altogether in favor of olive oil, garlic and cheeses.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, skipping the tomato sauce isn’t going to make white pizza a healthy option. And that’s OK! Comfort foods like pizza have never aspired to be healthy. White pizza gives you globs of melty cheese over fluffy, crisped crust, and while it might not be your arteries’ favorite food, it’s always there to enjoy in moderation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" White pizza turns your favorite food into a sauce-free, deliciously cheesy dish that uses olive oil instead of red sauce to fuse the cheese to the dough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7895,"featured_media":1963912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"tags":[304032,303971,304162,306910,305271,304292,305487,305334,303966,304988,303887,306848,305353,304268,306960,306961,303993,306410,324623,306973,304150,303883,305031],"categories-v2":[308623,308500,309439,309906,308481,309216,308305,310796,309337,308495,308935,308478,309603,309362,259483,309959,309961,308525,312369,309177,309971,309434,308476,308975],"coauthors":[341687],"recommended_recipes":[{"post_title":"Sausage-Topped White 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