Is it possible to make a pizza without tomato sauce?

Question

Is tomato sauce an absolute requirement to a pizza? What if the flat bread has cheese, mushrooms, pineapples, sausage, onions, bell peppers, and all the others common toppings but without the tomato sauce, is it still a pizza, or is there another name to it?

Answer 1

That's called White Pizza. Yes, it's very common to make pizza with no tomato products. You need to use a little oil to get your cheese to melt, but I have White Pie all the time.

Good question. My favorite pizza has not tomato sauce. Mozzerella cheese, olive oil, shrimp and garlic (plus some seasonings like oregano, salt and pepper).

Answer 2

Pizza Without Tomato Sauce

Answer 3

Yes you can make your own pizza sauce with tomato sauce. Just add some garlic, itallian seasoning, or you you don't have that then use basil, oregeno, parsley, roesmeary, and a little salt and pepper, also a little onion powder or onion salt would be good too, warm it up and simmer for just a few min so the flavors all come together.

Answer 4

The folks in Western New York (and I mean Buffalo/Niagara Falls areas NOT NYC) make great pizza! Lots of Italians around here. A standard on the menus is chicken finger pizza... buffalo style chicken fingers, hot sauce, blue cheese on a white pizza type sauce/olive oil. One local place has an awesome pizza they call a stinger... blue cheese sauce, purple onions, banana peppers, steak, chicken fingers (sauced how you like em), chunks of blue cheese and mozzarella. Sort of a combination if you can't decide on chicken fingers, a steak and cheese sub and pizza.

Answer 5

I have heard this type of pizza is called "white pizza." Here's the recipe:

White Pizza (Old Forge style)
1 double-crust rectangular pie, about 10" x 16" (six slices about 4" x 5")

Crust
Notes: This crust is different from the "standard" crust recipe I usually use, which is found in Pizza Basics.This is the recipe actually tested.

2-1/4 tsp instant yeast
3 C flour
1-1/2 tsp salt
1 C + 2 T warm water (about 105º)
1-1/2 T olive oil

Filling
2 C fontina cheese, shredded
2 C aged provolone cheese, shredded
2 C Cooper sharp American cheese, shredded (see the Comments attached to the post for discussion of alternatives)
1 T fresh rosemary (whole leaves, removed from stems - but see Addendum, below)
Kosher salt
Olive oil

Preheat the oven to 400º.

Place all the crust ingredients in the bowl of a food processor with the steel blade and process until the dough clumps together and starts to ride around on the blade. Place dough in a bowl, coat it with 1 tablespoon olive oil, cover with clear plastic and allow to rise 'til doubled, about an hour and a half.

Punch down the dough, knead it for a few seconds and then cut in half. Wrap one half tightly in plastic wrap. Roll the other half into a thin rectangular sheet, about the same size as the pan, with edges the same thickness as the center. (Use a dark-colored metal jelly roll pan.) Oil the pan with about 1-1/2 tablespoon olive oil and lay the crust in the pan. Roll out the other piece of dough to about the same size and shape. Cover the dough sheets with clean towels and allow to rise 30 minutes.

Spread 1 tablespoon olive oil over the bottom crust, stopping half an inch from the pan edge. Mix the three cheeses and spread over the crust, again stopping half an inch from the pan edge. Salt lightly and drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil over the cheese. Lay the top crust over the bottom crust and filling. Stretch the edges of the lower crust up and over the upper crust and crimp together to form a seal.

Brush the top of the pizza liberally with water, then bake 15 minutes, or until just starting to brown. Brush the top liberally with olive oil and scatter on the rosemary. Bake an additional 10 minutes. Allow the pizza to rest 5-10 minutes before slicing.

Answer 6

YOU can make pizza any way YOU want.

I make a Prime Rib pizza with cream cheese as the sauce layer.

I also make a Chicken pizza with Alfredo sauce.

There is NO limit to pizza with your imagination. Remember that cooking/baking is almost all opinion. What one person makes may not be tasty to another. Experiment and find YOUR likes and dislikes.

Happy Friday !!

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Answer 7

I have made and eaten Pierogie Pizza
Crust of choice
top with about 1/4 inch of mashed potatoes
fried onions(fry in butter) put on top of potatoes(as many as you like) then add
mozarella and/or provolone cheese.
bake till golden crust and slightly brown on top(light)
ALSO
Barbecue Chicken Pizza:
Use favorite BBQ sauce instead of tomatoe sauce then add small pieces of COOKED chicken then top with cheese. I also put some onions and green peppers on mine plus bacon bits(or fry and crumble some on is better)
This is yummy and my family can't get enough of it.
Bake as usual till done

here is something TOTALLY DIFFERENT too:
Vegetable Pizza (read on)
2 cans Pillsbury Crescent rolls
1 8 oz. cream cheese(room temp)
1 cup Hellman's mayo
1 pkg. (dry) ranch dressing
TOPPING(s)
1/2 head caulif(broken into small flowerettes
1 green pepper(diced small)
1-2 carrots (THINLY sliced)
1/2 stalk broccoli(small flowerettes)
All veggies are RAW
8 oz. mozarella and or provolone shredded
Spread crescent rolls on a cookie sheet to form crust.Bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes or till golden brown. COOL COMPLETELY
Mix dressing, mayo, and cr. cheese. Spread on crust.
Top evenly with rest of ing.
Cut into squares and enjoy (cut with pizza cutter)
*Hint: Easier to cut if chilled about an hr. first
Keep refrigerated
You can use any combo of veggies you like.

Answer 8

There are pizzas without tomato sauce. Some use fresh tomatoes. One is a white pizza with Parmesan, sauteed garlic and olive oil and it is delicious. Bruschetta are small bread rounds, very crispy.

Answer 9

I would call that brushetta as opposed to pizza, but you can make pizza with sauces other than tomato. You could use barbecue sauce or alfredo sauce or even cream of mushroom soup.

Answer 10

PIzza is a pizza if you have dough, cheese and any of your favorite ingredients! Some alternatives to tomato sauce are alfredo sauce, olive oil, salsa, barbeque sauce (my personal favorite)..anything!