Pizza Bianca or White Pizza
White pizza (pizza bianca) omits the
tomato sauce, often substituting pesto or dairy products such as sour cream.
Most commonly, especially on the East coast of the United States, the toppings
consist only of mozzarella and ricotta cheese drizzled with olive oil and
spices like fresh basil and garlic. In Rome, the term pizza bianca refers to a
type of bread topped with olive oil, salt and, occasionally, rosemary sprigs.
It is also a Roman style to bottom the white pizza with figs, the result being
known as pizza e fichi (pizza with figs).
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