Are you in the mood for pizza without tomato sauce? You're in the right place!
When it comes to pizza, tomato sauce is a classic option. But not everyone likes or can eat tomato-based sauces (looking at you, my friends with GERD), and everyone deserves to enjoy eating pizza if they want to!
This collection of pizza recipes without tomato sauce just goes to show how creative you can get when it comes to pizza sauce and toppings. Don't limit yourself to tomato sauce when so many unique pizzas without tomato sauce exist!
And it's not just white pizzas either!
Here you'll find everything from barbecue sauce pizzas to, yes, a variety of white pizzas and even a chicken marsala pizza. The best part? These sauces and toppings work whether you're making thin crust pizza or thick crust pizza recipes!
It's probably no surprise to hear that as a trained pastry chef with a home cook mentality, I love using pizza to get creative with flavor pairings and toppings. Pizza is a great way to use up leftovers and turn them into something new, unique, and special!
While I'll never turn down a classic red sauce pizza moment, I love developing homemade pizza recipes without tomato sauces, because a whole new world of flavor options opens up. There’s no bland pizza pies around here— I promise.
1. Arugula and Prosciutto Pizza
Arugula and Prosciutto Pizza
This summery pizza is topped with a garlic and rosemary olive oil sauce, lots of shredded mozzarella, hand torn slices of crispy, salty prosciutto, and a bed of peppery fresh arugula tossed with a bit of lemon juice. So simple, but so good!
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Don't love arugula? Try this pizza with mâche, watercress, frisée or baby kale instead!
Breakfast Pizza Recipe with White Sauce & Fried Egg
Who doesn't want to wake up to pizza? This breakfast pizza has a cheesy, creamy bechamel sauce (technically a mornay sauce!), and is topped with your favorite breakfast fixings like thinly sliced potatoes, crispy bacon bits, and a fried egg to finish. Don't have bacon? Breakfast sausage will also work just fine!
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Note: This breakfast pizza does have a decent amount of prep work involved. But you can prep the bacon and potatoes the night before if you like, use store bought bacon bits, or crisp up some frozen hash browns instead of cooking the potatoes from scratch!
3. Poutine Pizza (with Frozen French Fries)
Poutine Pizza (with Frozen French Fries)
This thin crust poutine pizza has a sauce made from thick, dark gravy and is topped with crispy french fries, and lots of melty cheese curds. Just like regular poutine, but it's on a pizza!
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Don't knock this one until you've tried it. Fries on a pizza might seem weird, but it's so good —the mozzarella and cheese curds with the rich dark brown gravy are a true cheese lovers dream!
4. Four Cheese White Pizza with Goat Cheese
Four Cheese White Pizza with Goat Cheese
With a garlic and shallot infused olive oil sauce and four different types of cheese, this ultra cheesy white pizza with goat cheese crumbles has a ton of flavor! It's excellent plain, but also a great base for adding your favorite veggie pizza toppings like tomatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, asparagus, and more!
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5. south carolina BBQ pulled pork pizza
south carolina BBQ pulled pork pizza
This sweet and savory BBQ pizza uses a tangy South Carolina style BBQ sauce as a base. It's topped with crispy shredded pulled pork —make if from scratch or use leftovers! —plenty of cheese, and finished with crunchy crescents of red onion.
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I often use leftover sous vide carnitas when I make this pizza, but the recipe does include instructions for making a small batch of pulled pork if you're working from scratch.
You can also use store bought pulled pork — just make sure it's fully cooked before it goes on the pizza!
6. Cheeseburger Pizza
Cheeseburger Pizza
With a simple infused olive oil sauce, this medium-thick crust pizza is is loaded with all the best cheeseburger toppings. Ground beef and American cheese, crispy lettuce, fresh tomatoes, crunchy onions, crinkle-cut pickles, and of course, Secret Sauce. Perfect for when you want a cheeseburger but are all out of buns!
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For a truly tomato-free pizza, leave the tomatoes off this cheeseburger pizza!
7. Charcuterie Board Pizza
Charcuterie Board Pizza
This unique pizza doesn't actually have a sauce at all — it's topped with drizzle of honey and a layer of thinly sliced pears which melt together in the oven to form a sticky sweet sauce-like base for this charcuterie inspired pizza. Other toppings include half a small wheel of brie cheese, finely chopped walnuts, and, of course, your favorite charcuterie meats! This pizza is super easy to customize to your own taste — get creative with it!
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I promise you've never had a pizza like this before! It's so unique and the sweet-salty-crispy textures are so good.
8. chicken marsala pizza
chicken marsala pizza
This thick and crispy chicken marsala pizza is a perfect blend of comfort foods. Thick-but-crispy bottomed pizza dough baked in a cast iron pan meets the hearty richness of a creamy, savory wine-and-mushroom sauce. Topped with a blend of fontina and mozzarella cheeses, with tender pieces of chicken dotted across the top, and finished with fresh oregano, this pizza is truly unforgettable!
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You can also use a half batch of my focaccia pizza dough for this chicken marasala pizza recipe!
9. Homemade Nutella Pizza for Dessert
Homemade Nutella Pizza for Dessert
Pizza night isn't complete without dessert, and your next pizza nightneedsthis homemade Nutella pizza. Just like a savory pizza, you can have a lot of fun personalizing this Nutella dessert pizza with your favorite dessert toppings!
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And finally, I'll finish off this list with my go-to olive oil white pizza sauce that I use 90% of the time when I make pizzas without tomato sauce.
I know it's not a whole pizza recipe, but it's a super versatile base for a pizza sauce that you can use when you dream up your own unique pizza creations without using tomato sauce!
10. Olive Oil Pizza Sauce for White Pizza
Olive Oil Pizza Sauce for White Pizza
This simple olive oil sauce for white pizza is infused with fresh garlic, shallot, and rosemary. It takes less than 10 minutes to make, and requires zero cooking!
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