I discovered white pizza the first time we went to New York City. None of us had ever had white pizza before, and who doesn’t love a cheesy pizza, so we gave it a try. I was hooked!
I tried to find a white pizza at our local pizzerias when we got home. While I found some that were called “white pizza” they really were not like the ones we had in New York. I just had to try to make it myself. It seemed simple enough, mozzarella, ricotta, olive oil, and dried oregano.
Since I am completely helpless when it comes to pizza crust I use a bakery made flat bread for the crust. A light brushing of olive oil and a couple of tablespoons of ranch dressing is spread on the crust. Top it off with the mozzarella and and ricotta cheeses and a sprinkle of oregano.
In my opinion, white pizza is all about the cheese, so choosing good quality is a must. There is one cheese brand that I know I can count on for amazing quality and flavour. Salerno!
Salerno Dairy provides an extensive selection of traditional Italian cheeses including soft and semi-soft like delicious mozzarella and the smooth traditional Ricotta I use for my pizza! Their quality is top of the line.
Salerno is proud to provide traditional Italian cheeses made from fresh Ontario milk, and fine dairy products from around the globe. A visit to Salernodairy.com will walk you through all the varieties and a ton of recipes for inspiration!
Just look at the cheesy goodness. Every bite of gooey mozzarella and creamy ricotta brings me right back to New York City!
The best part of homemade is that I can pile on as much cheese as I like!
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Until next time….
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Yummy! I love white pizza, but have never had one with ricotta on it. What a great idea! I can’t wait to try it!
Looks amazing! I make a white pizza similar to this and then top it with arugula!! Sooo good!
So white pizza is just white cheese? We call that adult pizza here LOL…We thought by calling it adult pizza the kids would be turned off by it and would eat the pepperoni ones we brought home (instead of the white)…LO AND BEHOLD..they ate ours first then worked on theirs!! After two attempts we finally broke down and ONLY ORDERED WHITE pizzas after that …two, cus one for us, one for them LOL
I like that your white pizza doesn’t look dry. However, my favorite part of pizza is the marinara sauce so I’d probably sneak some in as a dipping sauce. haha!
Your white pizza sounds delicious! I love ricotta on pizza. In fact, I just posted about how to make your own and will be posting a recipe next week about a spinach and ricotta pizza. You know what they say, “Great minds think alike.” 🙂 Pinned!
Thanks Patti! Until I had the white pizza for the first time it never occurred to me to have ricotta on pizza!! Will be keeping an eye out for your recipe 🙂
Looks delicious! We love white pizza. Thx for sharing this.
Thanks a bunch 🙂
I’ve never tried white pizza–this looks delicious! And for sure you need good quality cheese. Thanks so much for this!
I love pizza and I love ricotta cheese so this is a marriage made in heaven. Pinning this!
Thank you Toni!!
I love making pizza almost every week! Being a vegetarian is one of my favorite things to make.
Great recipe.
Maria
Thanks Maria! We have a vegetarian in the family too, and this is one of her favourites!