Mix up pizza night by making this vegan garlic white pizza sauce! It’s creamy, garlicky, and so easy to make. This pizza is topped with vegan sausage, artichoke hearts, vegan parmesan, and arugula.

What’s in this Vegan White Pizza Sauce?

White pizza is made without traditional tomato sauce, and is topped with white cheeses. This vegan white sauce is made with cashews, vegetable broth, garlic, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, vegan butter, flour, yellow onion, parsley, basil, freshly ground black pepper, and salt.

How Do I Make Vegan White Pizza Sauce?

This recipe is made by sautéing onion in vegan butter, then whisking in flour and cashew cream (raw cashews, vegetable broth, garlic, lemon juice, and nutritional yeast) and simmering until thick and creamy. Chopped fresh parsley and basil are added at the end, along with black pepper and salt to taste.

Which Toppings Go Well on White Pizza?

Some of my favorites include:

• Artichoke hearts
• Caramelized onions
• Jalapeños
• Crushed red pepper
• Mushrooms
• Arugula
• Fresh basil
• Sun-dried tomatoes
• Olives
• Vegan mozzarella
• Vegan parmesan
• Vegan sausage
• Vegan pepperoni
• Cooked and crumbled tofu or tempeh

What Should I Serve With Vegan Garlic White Pizza?

• Vegan Kale Caesar Salad with Smoky Roasted Chickpeas
• Lemony Chickpea & Cucumber Salad with Dill
• Cara Cara Kombucha Cocktails

Other Ways to Use This Sauce:

I know I titled this “pizza sauce” but this creamy white garlic sauce is delicious on pasta as well! Stir in some cooked pasta noodles and enjoy, or pop it in the oven for a vegan baked white mac and cheese. The below image is of personal-sized baked white mac and cheese, topped with toasted bread crumbs.

Prep Time: 5 minutes – Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup raw cashews (soaked or boiled if you don’t have a high-powered blender)
• 2 cups vegetable broth
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
• 2 tablespoons vegan butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 cup finely chopped yellow onion
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley (optional)
• 1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil (optional)

Instructions:

1. Blend cashews, vegetable broth, garlic, lemon juice, and nutritional yeast together until very smooth to make the cashew cream.
2. Melt butter over medium/medium low heat in a medium saucepan, sauté onion for a few minutes until soft and translucent, whisk in flour.
3. Slowly whisk in the cashew cream to avoid clumps. Simmer for about 5 minutes, stirring often, until it’s thick and creamy. Stir in the parsley, basil, and black pepper. Taste and season with more salt and pepper if needed.
4. Go forth and sauce!

Notes:

This recipe makes lots of sauce, so you might want to halve the recipe if you aren’t making multiple pizzas. The leftover sauce is amazing with pasta!

The featured pizza is topped with artichoke hearts, vegan sausage, vegan parmesan, and arugula.