White pizza or a white pie is an Italian-style pizza that does not use tomato sauce. The pizza generally consists of pizza dough, olive oil, garlic, cheese, salt and sometimes toppings including vegetables such as spinach, tomato, and herbs. Ricotta is a common type of cheese used on white pizza in the United States. Sometimes white sauces such as bechamel are used.
White pizza
Pizza containing a non-tomato-based sauce
Characteristic of:
Italian-American cuisine
Has language-specific term:
Pizza biancait
Also known as:
Wikidata ID:
Q101611276
Wikipedia title:
White pizza
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