Sweet corn kernels, salty prosciutto and peppery arugula are the magic toppings for this pizza recipe that captures the flavours of summer, even if it’s the middle of winter. During the summer, swap arugula out for fresh basil from your garden and pick up corn at your farmer’s market.
What is pizza bianca?
A pizza bianca, or white pizza, is a pizza that doesn’t have any tomato sauce. For this pizza bianca, we are using a Parmesan Bechamel as our white pizza sauce.
Pizza Bianca with Prosciutto, Corn and Arugula
A simple Parmesan Béchamel is used as the white pizza sauce used for this summery Pizza Bianca
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme leaves removed
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup milk
- ¼ tsp pepper approx
- pinch salt
- ¾ cup finely-grated Parmesan approx
- ½ 450g ball store-bought pizza dough at room temperature
- 1 large ear sweet corn kernels removed
- ½ 226g ball fresh mozzarella
- pinch chili flakes
- 5 slices prosciutto
- 1 cup baby arugula
Instructions
White Pizza Sauce
- In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add garlic and thyme; cook until sizzling, about 1 minute. Add flour, stirring until a paste forms. Cook as mixture bubbles, stirring constantly, for about 2 minutes. Gradually pour in milk in a slow stream while whisking constantly. Add pepper and salt. Increase heat to medium and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly; cook until thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add Parmesan, stirring until melted. Remove from heat and set aside.
Pizza
- Position rack in bottom third of oven then preheat to 500˚F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll or stretch dough to a 12-inch round. Transfer to prepared sheet.
- Spread white pizza sauce on crust. Top with corn. Tear mozzarella into large chunks and scatter on top; sprinkle with chili flakes. Bake in bottom third of oven until crust is golden brown and cheese is bubbling, about 12 to 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven. Drape slices of prosciutto on top and scatter with arugula. Add more fresh cracked pepper and Parmesan, if desired.
Notes
Tip: Sub in fresh basil for arugula.
