White Pizza with Garlic Sauce and Garden Herbs.
I made you a doughy round of cheese!
Because I like you a lot. And I like pizza a lot. But I like you more, for sure. Can we eat pizza together and drink rosé together and instagram it like it happened completely on accident?
I think we should.
We’ve been getting pizza from a new place lately and since Eddie thinks that his weekends should resemble the eating habits of The Rock (seriously, look at that instagram), he always needs his own pizza.
Like his entire own large pizza.
What’s funny is that one night a few weeks ago he had already eaten but ordered a pizza for my mom, Max and me – and got us a SMALL pizza with four slices.
I was like, um, hello – because you aren’t hungry you don’t know how to order pizza for other people? What the heck. That’s life though, for real. Now you know why I do the cooking.
SO anyhoooo – when we do get pizza, we tend to get two. He also likes a lot of meat on his pizza (I don’t) so he gets one with whatever HE wants and then I get another and lately it’s been a garlic sauce pizza. So freaking good.
Let’s take a break and look at that golden, bubbly semi-burnt melty cheese. I want to swan dive into it.
I’ve made a couple of white pizzas in the past for one main reason: I don’t like tomato sauce! At least, I never used to like tomato sauce. These days I’m sort of into it, but not like how crazy tomato sauce people are into it. Twice a month, max. You’ll never find it weekly in my meals and you’ll really never find me order it out at a restaurant.
But on pizza, of course!
We’ve (read: I’ve) rambled at length about how there’s fancy pizza and then there is, well… PIZZA pizza. If we make a fancy pizza during the week, Eddie still always wants a “real” pizza one other night. I can go either way – just last week I made him and Max pepperoni pizza, but for myself I threw tons of mushrooms, arugula, blue cheese and balsamic on top.
And it was GOOD. Sort of like this one I made a million years ago.
But you know what else is good? This pizza. It has GARLIC sauce. Meaning a creamy, dreamy garlicky rich sauce that blankets the pizza right before your rainfall of cheese.
Word to the wise: make sure your dough doesn’t overtake your pizza stone so all of your sauce and cheese run off onto the bottom of your 475 degrees F oven floor and smoke out the house.
I don’t know anything about that. Nothing at allllll.
While I really love a simple white pizza – just plain – and don’t find that I want it covered in tomatoes or spinach or anything, I do love something about these fresh garden herbs on top. Since they are just sprinkled on, they are completely noncommittal. I mean, the moment Eddie took a piece of this pizza, he pulled all the rosemary sprigs off and the really big basil leaves.
So you can have your herbs or you can toss ‘em! They add color but also flavor and freshness to what is otherwise a super rich plate.
What are you guys cooking this weekend? I mean, after this pizza of course.
White Pizza with Garlic Sauce and Herbs
Ingredients
dough
- 1 1/8 cups warm water
- 3 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
pizza
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 3/4 cup half and half
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 cup freshly grated provolone cheese
- 1 cup freshly grated mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup freshly grated fontina cheese
- 1/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese, plus extra for sprinkling
- 2 balls burrata
- a bunch of fresh herbs for topping: oregano, basil, rosemary, thyme
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine water, yeast, honey and olive oil. Mix with a spoon, then let sit until foamy, about 10 minutes. Add in 2 1/2 cups flour and salt, stirring with a spoon until the dough comes together but is still sticky. Using your hands, form the dough into a ball and work in the additional 1/2 cup flour, kneading it on a floured surface for a few minutes. Rub the same bowl with olive oil then place the dough inside, turning to coat. Cover with a towel and place in a warm place to rise for about 1-1 1/2 hours.
- After the dough has risen, punch it down and place it back on the floured surface. Using a rolling pin or your hands, form it into your desired shape (sometimes I use baking sheets and do rectangles or free form pizzas – this specific dough will yield one pizza large enough to feed about 3-4 people) and place on a baking sheet or pizza pan. Place the towel back over the dough and let sit in the warm place for 10 minutes.
- Heat the oven to 425 degrees F. (If I use my pizza stone, I heat my oven to 475 degrees and bake for 15 minutes. If you’re just using a baking sheet, follow the directions below for baking and set to 425 degrees.)
- Meanwhile, in a large saucepan heat the butter over medium heat. Once it’s sizzling, whisk in the flour to create and roux and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until golden and fragrant. Very slowly pour in the half and half while whisking the entire time as the mixture thickens. Stir in the garlic cloves. Cooking, stirring often, until the mixture thickens, about 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in the salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Spread the sauce all over the pizza. Top with the provolone, mozzarella, fontina and parmesan. Place the balls of burrata right in the center and pull them apart towards the edges.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes (or around 15 to 20 minutes if using the pizza stone) until the cheese is golden and bubbly. Remove and top with the herbs and extra parm. Slice and serve immediately.
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39 Comments on “White Pizza with Garlic Sauce and Garden Herbs.”
OMG the best pizza right there.
Haha, I completely love your and Eddie’s standpoints where pizza is concerned. Personally, I’d be with you on almost every count, especially with this pizza!!!! I’d also go for the white sauce over tomato any day and these herbs on top sound like they complete the whole thing to perfection!!!
So I have to ask. What is your current pizza joint of choice?
This pizza is EVERYTHING! I totally want to make it asap. So cheesy!
A doughy round of cheese is straight perfection for me!! HELLO BEAUTIFUL!
This looks insanely delish!
I eat pizza every Friday night & I think I’ll definitely have to give this one a go sometime.
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garlic sauce pizza sounds amazing (can you convince the pizza places near me to make them? thanks). and i bet this would be so good grilled; i’ll have to drop hints to my dad (;
White pizza for life! I will take white pizza over a tomato sauce one any day. I actually just got a alive from Whole Foods last night — have you had it??? So good, but likely not as good as this!
This looks AH-MAZING and I want to make it right now.
This looks delicious!!
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“I made you a doughy round of cheese!” is officially the best opening line to any food blog post ever. Cheese and herbs – this is so completely in my (cheese)wheelhouse. YUM!
This pizza looks so good, healthier alternative to delivery pizza for sure!
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I just have to say, I love your photography and your writing and of course your food. I have never made a recipe from here that didn’t work or that I didn’t like. Just keep doing what you’re doing!??
I love how this pizza looks with just the white sauce and herbs…perfect for a dinner party!
Oh my god! I love that you used so many different cheeses on this pizza! And all those fresh garden herbs. Simple yet so flavorful! Can’t wait to try this!
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Yum. It looks so tasteful.
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oops don’t hold back on the cheese there….. Seriously. This is a great idea an so much more entising than a tomato based pizza
hey girl this looks amazing! I love pizza!
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I’ve been eating way too much this weekend so a pizza might not be the best but I’m keeping the recipe in mind for later x
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My mouth is already watering! I love a good homemade pizza. Thanks for sharing!
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Yum! Omg this looks so good! I’m with you on the tomato sauce, never been a huge fan and usually ask for light tomato sauce when I’m at a pizza restaurant. I’ve included you in my list of 9 Inspirational Blogs to Bookmark on my site today! I’ve been a long time reader of yours, and really look up to your incredible food photography and your authentic voice that comes through in your posts. In fact, you were huge influence in inspiring me to start my own food blog. I’m so excited to get your site in front of my readers, who I know will love it as much as I do!
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Woow this pizza looks so good!
By the way what camera are you using? I love the pic
Lot of love from France,
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MMM!! May or may not have had to order some pizza after this post! If only I’d had all the ingredients to make this! Shopping day tomorrow, methinks. Haha!
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I am totally with you every step of the way. Two pizzas per order? Check. Husband wants all the meats and I don’t? Check check. White sauce rules? All the checks. And then I saw the wonderfully amazing amounts of cheese you pile on this baby… there aren’t enough check marks and happy faces in the world for this right now! I can’t wait to try this!!!!
We make pizza every week, and I have a feeling white pizza is going to be my new favorite! What size pizza pan/stone is this for?
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