Vegetarian

Pizza Quattro Formaggi

⏱ Prep: 15 min 🔥 Bake: 10 min 🕐 Total: 3–24h (dough) 👤 Difficulty: Easy 🍕 Serves: 2 pizzas

Pizza Quattro Formaggi is every cheese lover's dream. Four Italian cheeses — each with its own personality — melt together on a white base to create a rich, creamy, complex pizza. No tomato sauce needed. The contrast between mild mozzarella, sharp gorgonzola, nutty parmesan and creamy fontina is what makes this pizza unforgettable.

🧂 Ingredients

Dough (2 balls)

  • 500g Tipo 00 flour
  • 325ml water (65%)
  • 10g sea salt
  • 3g instant yeast

Toppings per pizza

  • 100g fior di latte mozzarella, torn
  • 60g gorgonzola dolce, crumbled
  • 50g fontina, diced
  • 30g Parmigiano Reggiano, grated
  • Drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
  • Fresh rosemary or thyme (optional)
  • Honey to finish (optional)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1

Make the dough

Prepare your Neapolitan dough. For a white pizza the dough is the star, so 48–72h cold fermentation is especially worthwhile.

2

No tomato — olive oil base

This is a pizza bianca. Instead of tomato sauce, brush the stretched base lightly with extra virgin olive oil and a tiny pinch of salt. This prevents the base from drying out.

3

Shape the base

Stretch dough to 28–30cm. Be gentle to preserve the air in the crust — a white pizza relies heavily on crust texture.

4

Layer the cheeses

Start with mozzarella as the base layer. Then crumble gorgonzola in small pieces — it is strong, use it sparingly. Add diced fontina and finish with a generous shower of grated parmesan.

5

Add aromatics

Scatter fresh rosemary needles or thyme leaves on top. These fragrant herbs complement the rich cheese perfectly and add colour.

6

Bake

Bake at 250°C+ for 8–10 minutes. The cheese mix should be fully melted, golden in spots, and the crust beautifully charred at the edges.

7

Finish with honey

Once out of the oven, a thin drizzle of good honey — wildflower or chestnut — over the gorgonzola sections creates a classic Italian sweet-savoury contrast. Serve immediately.

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