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White Sauce

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Photo by Alex Lau

This is a little bit like making a ranch dressing and putting it on pizza. Which can’t possibly be a bad thing.

Ingredients

Makes about 2 cups

2 cups heavy cream
½ cup chopped basil
¼ cup chopped fennel fronds
¼ cup chopped chives
1½ teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 small garlic clove, finely grated
Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
  1. Purée cream, basil, fennel, chives, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a food processor or with an immersion blender until thick and creamy, 15–30 seconds; season with salt and pepper.

    Do ahead:Cream can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and chill.

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  • So, Alison, I actually made this and it was FANTASTIC. I had frozen cauliflower crusts from Trader Joe’s on hand and needed a white sauce recipe. I almost didn’t make this recipe based on the 2 fork rating, but after I read the ingredients, I knew I was onto something. I made two pizzas...one was with artichoke hearts, scallions and gruyere. The other was with pear slices, red onion and blue cheese. The sauce was perfect with these ingredients. The leftover sauce was superb with raw veggies the next day. I will make this again and I hope you will too!

    • dorothyabt

    • Bradford, RI

    • 1/31/2018

  • Um, It looks like shredded cheese and maybe lettuce are on the pizza in the photo...? If I try it, I'll see about the rating!

    • allisonthebaker5637

    • NW Michigan

    • 9/9/2017

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