The Best White Cheese Pizza Recipe (2024)

5 from 2 votes

Course: Pizza

Cuisine: Italian

Prep Time: 25 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes minutes

Total Time: 33 minutes minutes

Author: Joe Boyle

Pizza Crust

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 pkg Active dry yeast, (2 1/4 tsp)
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 2 tsp dried thyme
• 2/3 cup water, 105 to 110 degrees plus a few more teaspoons if needed.

White Pizza Sauce

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
• 2 tbsp chopped fennel fronds
• 2 tbsp fresh chopped chives
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1/4 tsp each...salt and pepper

Pizza Toppings

• olive oil for brushing on the crust
• 4 large curly kale leaves, torn into bits, discarding the larger stem parts (about 2 leaves per pizza)
• 1/2 large red onion, thinly sliced
• 8 ozs. low moisture mozzarella cheese grated
• 3 ozs fresh mozzarella cheese torn into small pieces
• Other toppings as desired.

Pizza Crust

• Mix all dry ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer.

• Using the dough hook attachment of the mixer, add the water and mix on speed #2 pushing the flour down with a long handled spatula to incorporate.

• Add additional water, 1 or 2 teaspoons at at time until the dough forms into a dry ball.

• Knead the dough on #2 speed for 20 minutes.

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• If mixing the dough by hand, mix the ingredients and knead on a floured surface...20 minutes will make the glutens in the flour form links which makes the dough not spring back as much when rolling it out.

• Keep the dough in the mixing bowl and cover with a dish towel, 1 hour to let the dough rise.

• Remove the dough from the bowl and place on a floured surface and separate the ball into two equal pieces, then cover again to rise a second time for 30 minutes.

• Use a rolling pin to form the crust keeping the working surface floured so the dough doesn't stick. Place the formed pizza dough on a sheet of parchment to prepare for toppings.

White Pizza Sauce

• Place the sauce ingredients in a food processor or a bowl if using an immersion blender. Pulse until the ingredients are chopped into small bits and the sauce thickens.

Pizza Toppings

• Preheat your oven to 550 degrees with a pizza stone or Dough-Joe blocks, if using. If you don't have either of these, place the dough on parchment paper on a large baking sheet. The baking time will probably take a few more minutes. Once the cheese starts to brown slightly, the pizza should be done.

• Lightly brush the crust edges with olive oil then add a layer of the white sauce, keeping the sauce about an inch from the edge of the crust.

• Add the grated mozzarella cheese, (3 or 4 ounces), and bits of fresh mozzarella, (1 1/2 ounces). Next, add the torn pieces of kale then finally 1/2 of the red onion slices.

• Use a pizza peel sliding it under the parchment paper and slide the pizza on to the stones if using.

• Bake for 8 minutes until the cheese begins to brown, remove from the oven and let cool slightly, then slice.

• Repeat for a second pizza if you are making two. The second ball of dough can be wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, then in a plastic freezer bag and placed in the freezer for later use.