Thin Crust Pizza

On a delicate thin crust pizza, each ingredient counts.

* Pastina: Try biancaneve, a “snow white” pizza topped with goat cheese, mozzarella, ricotta and basil; or paradiso, with tomato sauce, Italian Gorgonzola, mozzarella and a generous amount of sun-dried tomatoes. (Biancaneve, $8.95; paradiso, $8.95.) Pastina, 2260 Westwood Blvd., West Los Angeles, (310) 441-4655.

* Alto Palato: Toppings on these wafer-thin pizzas include a peppery, slightly salty arugula, prosciutto and mozzarella mix and one of potato, onion and home-cured bacon. (Arugula, prosciutto and mozzarella, $14; potato, onion and guanciale, $12.) Alto Palato, 755 N. La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood, (310) 657-9271.

* Orso: The classic pizza margherita is topped with tomatoes, basil, Parmesan and mozzarella; the Fra Diavolo is covered with tomato sauce, mozzarella and Parmesan, with a sprinkling of crushed red peppers. They’re the perfect size for lunch or dinner entree or can be split as an appetizer. (Margherita, $10; Fra Diavolo, $10.) Orso, 8706 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, (310) 274-7144.

* Pane e Vino: At this sprawling Tuscan restaurant, toppings include puttanesca (Italian tomatoes, garlic, rosemary, olives, capers, fresh oregano and garlic) and a mixture of rock shrimp, arugula leaves and tomato sauce. (Pizza alla puttanesca, $7.95; pizza con gamberi e rucola, $12.50.) Pane e Vino, 8265 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 651-4600.

* Armani Cafe: At South Coast Plaza, stop in for a wood-burning-oven pizza. Try quattro stagione with its fresh mushrooms, artichokes, olives, Parma prosciutto and Italian mozzarella or the delectable vegetarian model topped with tomato sauce, eggplant, zucchini and goat cheese. (Quattro stagione, $14; vegetarian, $12.) Armani Cafe, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, (714) 754-0300.

* Granita: At Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant by the sea, try the ultra-thin pissaladiere, topped with tomato sauce, onions, anchovies and marinated olives, or the four-onion pizza with its mouth-watering assortment of cipollini, spring, pearl and Vidalia onions, finished off with bite-size pieces (bocconcini) of smoked mozzarella. (Pissaladiere, $16; four-onion pizza, $14.) Granita, Malibu Colony Plaza, 23725 W. Malibu Road, Malibu, (310) 456-0488. --JESSICA STRAND