The BEST White Pizza Recipe

I LOVE a good white pizza recipe.

If you want to make next-level pizza at home (without doing any extra work), white pizza is the way to go. Just sub alfredo sauce for your tomato sauce, pair it with the right flavors, and you're all set!

For this recipe, I've partnered with Bertolli to feature their brand new Organic Alfredo Sauce. It pairs perfectly with my favorite pizza topping OF ALL TIME, hot Italian sausage. Bertolli has been making sauces for over 150 years, and this is the first time they've offered creamy white sauces with all organic ingredients. Well worth the wait, if you ask me!

I'll be using the Organic Creamy Alfredo Sauce for my white pizza recipe. So you know, Bertolli has 5 other organic sauces -- their new Organic Garlic Alfredo Sauce (also delicious!), and 4 existing organic red sauces: Traditional Tomato & Basil; Olive Oil, Basil & Garlic; Fire-Roasted Garlic Marinara, and Five Cheese Sauce.

I hope you're as excited about this white pizza recipe as I am. If you like it, please pin & share. Thank you! <3 Erin

Bertolli White Pizza Recipe

This white pizza recipe is super simple. In the spirit of Bertolli's Tuscan Way of cooking, I've included just a few ingredients: arugula, shallots, garlic, mozzarella, and an egg.

I even used pre-made dough, which makes it a REALLY quick and easy recipe to cook at home on a weeknight.

Bertolli white pizza ingredients

Pre-made pizza dough

You'll start by cooking the toppings -- comprised of hot Italian sausage plus oil, shallots, garlic, salt + pepper, and arugula.

These cooked toppings will be added to the white pizza base, which you'll create in the next step.

Cook the hot Italian sausage…

…add arugula…

…and finish cooking

To create the white pizza base: flour your hands and surface, and roll the pre-made dough into a round pizza shape.

Place the dough on a lightly oiled pan, top it evenly with the Bertolli Organic Creamy Alfredo Sauce, and add the sliced discs of mozzarella throughout. 

Just LOOK at that creamy sauce with those big slices of mozzarella. Yum!!!

Add sauce…

…distribute evenly…

…and top with fresh mozzarella discs.

Add the toppings you just cooked to the white pizza base, and top with the remaining shallot rings.

Add cooked pizza toppings…

…and top with sliced shallots.

Place the pizza in a 400-degree oven for ~12 minutes -- and keep an eye on it, as the time could vary based on your specific pre-made dough.

And finally: as the pizza finishes baking, fry a sunny side up egg and place it on the center of the pizza. 

Bertolli white pizza recipe…

…with an egg

For extra presentation points, you can pop the center of the egg with a spoon and swirl the yolk in circles so it's spread across each slice.

Doesn't it look amazing???

I'm pretty sure this is the best pizza I've EVER made at home. It disappeared in 5 seconds!

Below are the detailed instructions to make my Bertolli white pizza recipe. I hope you love it as much as I do.

White Pizza with Creamy Alfredo and Italian Sausage

For the base:

• 1/2 jar Bertolli Organic Creamy Alfredo Sauce
• 8oz ball of fresh mozzarella, sliced into discs
• 1 package pre-made pizza dough*
• 1/4 cup flour (for rolling dough)

For the toppings:

• 1/2 lb hot Italian sausage
• 1 handful arugula
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1/4 shallot, diced
• 1/4 shallot, cut into rings
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• salt + pepper
• 1 egg (optional)

Tools:

• Frying pan (ideally, large stainless steel for sausage + small non-stick for egg)
• Rolling pin
• Pizza pan or pizza stone
• Pizza cutter or scissors

*Instructions are written for pre-made dough. You could also use a pre-made crust, which may lower your cooking time.

Serves: 2-3 people (8 slices total)

Prep:

1. Remove pre-made dough from refrigerator (rest for ~30 mins before using)
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Step 1 - for the topping mix:

3. Heat oil in large stainless steel pan on medium-high
4. Add diced shallots
5. After ~2 min, add minced garlic
6. After ~1 min, add hot Italian sausage
7. When sausage is almost cooked through, add handful of arugula
8. Finish cooking sausage and remove the pan from heat

Step 2 - for the base:

9. Flour your hands and the rolling surface
10. Using a rolling pin, roll pre-made dough into a circle. Try not to overdo it -- the less you mess with the dough, the better!
11. Lift the rolled dough and place it on a lightly oiled pizza sheet
12. Spoon ~1/3 cup of Bertolli Organic Creamy Alfredo sauce in the center of the pizza dough; swirl the sauce to distribute evenly
13. Add discs of mozzarella
14. Top the sauce + mozzarella mix with the cooked sausage mix from Step 1 above
15. Top with a few shallot discs
16. Cook in 400-degree oven for ~12 minutes, or until underside of crust is browned. Be sure to monitor it, as timing could vary based on the specific dough you use!

Step 3 - for the egg:

17. When the pizza is almost finished, heat oil in a small non-stick pan and fry a sunny side up egg on low heat
18. Add the egg to the center of the completed pizza; drizzle the yolk with a spoon for extra deliciousness

Enjoy!