Easy Herb White Pizza Sauce Recipe
A delicious and easy white sauce for pizza with herbs and garlic. Perfect for pizza or even as a dipping sauce.
Servings: 1 cup
Cost: $6.00
Ingredients
White Sauce
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, finely diced
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon flour (can sub Gluten Free flour as well)
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, roughly chopped
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Sauté Garlic: In a small sauce pan over medium heat add olive oil and garlic. Stir and let garlic soften for up to four minutes. Don’t let the garlic brown – if it starts to brown reduce the heat (otherwise it will be bitter). The goal is to soften it only.
- Roux: After garlic softens add butter and let it melt. After butter is melted stir in the flour and let it combine with garlic. Continue stirring for 2 minutes. This will be the thickening agent for sauce.
- Simmer: Add whole milk, thyme, rosemary, and kosher salt. Stir letting the sauce start to simmer but not boil. Stir constantly for up to four minutes and then turn off the heat. Continue to stir – the sauce will thicken and is ready for pizza.
- Make Pizza: Assemble the pizza by rolling out your dough to 12-inches, then layer 1/3 cup of the sauce, and then top with your remaining pizza toppings.
Notes
Yield: The sauce will make one cup which will be good for roughly two-three pizzas.
Storing Sauce: If you have leftovers or make extra store in a mason jar in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 290kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 1259mg | Potassium: 427mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 844IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 330mg | Iron: 1mg