White Sourdough Pizza

Food and prop styling by Shiri Feldman
Food prep and styling by Chef Suzie Gornish
Photography by Felicia Perretti

Chaya Suri Leitner

Making homemade pizza might seem daunting at first, but it’s actually quite simple. If you’re a regular at baking sourdough bread, this pizza recipe is very approachable, as it utilizes your go-to sourdough bread recipe as the base.

Sara Gold

As much as I’d love to be a sourdough baker, sadly, I am not (yet). But lucky for us, there’s store-bought pizza dough to fall back on for those days when we’re too busy to make pizza dough from scratch. My kids love pizza — who doesn’t? — so this was a fun twist I was willing to try.

YIELDS 2 10-INCH PIES

• 1 basic sourdough bread dough (use your preferred recipe)

  I used frozen store-bought pizza dough.

• olive oil or flour (for handling the dough)

White Sauce Topping

• ½ cup ricotta cheese
• ¼ cup herbs, chopped (choose herbs like basil, parsley, or cilantro)

  I used fresh parsley.

• ½ tsp salt

Additional Toppings

• red onion, sliced
• tomatoes, sliced
• jalapeños, sliced
• shredded cheese (I get a block of cheddar or mozzarella and shred it myself with a grater)

Prepare the sourdough by following your basic sourdough bread recipe up to the shaping stage. Divide the dough in half, form into balls, and let rest for 2–3 hours.