White Pizza

Name: White Pizza
Ingredients: 1 store bought pizza dough - or pick one up from your favorite pizzeria; Extra- virgin olive oil, for drizzling; 2 cups whole or part skim ricotta; 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped; Handful flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped; 2 cups shredded mozzarella or provolone, 1 pouch; 10 fresh basil leaves, 1/2 cup, shredded

7 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 store bought pizza dough - or pick one up from your favorite pizzeria
Extra- virgin olive oil, for drizzling
2 cups whole or part skim ricotta
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
Handful flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
2 cups shredded mozzarella or provolone, 1 pouch
10 fresh basil leaves, 1/2 cup, shredded

Directions

1

Preheat a pizza stone if you use one along with the oven to 425 degrees F.
2

Stretch dough to form a pie and transfer to stone or pizza baking tray.
3

Pierce the dough with the tines of a fork in several places.
4

Drizzle extra-virgin olive oil around the crust.
5

Mix the ricotta cheese with garlic and parsley and season it with salt and black pepper.
6

Spread the ricotta across the dough.
7

Top the pizza with mozzarella or provolone.
8

Bake until crispy, 20 minutes.
9

Top the white pizza pie with the shredded basil leaves, cut and serve.