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I saw a recipe for fresh fig pizza with blue cheese in Vegetarian Times years ago. I have a huge collection of recipes I have torn out of magazines and newspapers, printed from online, etc etc over the years. These are recipes that have given me inspiration on creating new flavors and dishes. Every time I move, which seems to have been quite a few times over these past few years, I go through the box and get rid of the ones I will never make or have lost their lustor.
This recipe has stuck with me over the years and I finally decided to try my version of it. As you know from my recent post about figs, fresh figs are finally in season and so I have been eating quite a lot of them! Since Roberto is always looking for a good ITALIAN pizza crust - (no New York style crust, here)– to no avail yet in a restaurant, we have been trying to devise our own. The secret to a great Italian pizza crust is of course the high temperatures in which they are quickly cooked. So I decided to finish the pizzas by grilling them off at the end, in a 600 F grill to get it to the right consistency. It definitely got the Roman’s seal of approval. I also drizzled the pizzas with olive oil and balsamic vinegar when they came out of the grill to give it a little something extra!
Buon Appetito!
INGREDIENTS:
1 store bought pizza crust - -I divided it into 3 pieces for 3 individual pizzas
1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
1 TBS balsamic vinegar
5 0z blue cheese, crumbled
5 ripe figs cut into pieces
3 TBS fig preserves – leftover from the DB Bagels challenge
2 sprigs fresh sage, julienned
arugala to top
salt & pepper to taste
METHOD:
Preheat oven to 500 F and preheat grill. Form the pizza crusts. Place on a well oiled cookie sheet and place in a 500 F oven for about 5 minutes. Remove crusts. Spread 1/3 of fig preserves on each crust. Sprinkle with blue cheese, figs and sage, salt and pepper. Once the grill is about 600 F, place pizzas on the grill, close lid and bake for about 3 minutes. Remove pizzas from grill, top wit arugala and drizzle with olive oil and balsamic.
Enjoy with a nice glass of Shiraz!
18 Responses to “Recipe: Fresh Fig and Sage Grilled Pizza” »
Looks lovely. I am not always too keen on fruit in my pizza but this looks too good not to try!
I’m not a big fan to take on fruits on the pizza,but looking for this lovely creation ,I want to try.
Hi Meeta! I hear you on the fruit thing, but to me, figs go great with cheese and bread - so I figured why not pizza?!
Hey Sylvia! Wow, two out of two for no fruit on pizza! But it really is a delicious combination and if you have figs needing used up, this is a great way to try!
For those not keen on fruit for pizza…think the other way…serve a “dessert pizza”!
Jenn, someone’s on a fig kick!!! lol
Try gorgonzola with figs…luv’em!
Blue cheese and fruit - yum. Doesn’t the sage overpower everything?
Perhaps it’s just my garden sage that needs to be changed… Adding just a little to a dish makes everything taste of sage!
Wow, that looks amazing! We have an awesome pizza place around here in PA (Jules) that makes a fig jam, gorgonzola, prosciutto, rosemary pizza - I’m sad to say I haven’t tried it yet, they have a million other yummy kinds as well.
That sounds fabulous… now if only I could find some fresh figs! I do have lots and lots of sage though, that I am looking for ideas to use! This is a great one
Fresh figs and blue cheese? A very exciting combination indeed!
Hey Peter! Yes, dessert pizza is a really great thought!
Wendy - Actually the sage really just lends a nice woody flavor to the pizza which contrasts lovely with the figs!
Georgia! Wow, that pizza sounds almost identical to the bagel filling I used for the DB challenge! That sounds like a very yummy pizza!
Cara! You can use dried figs as well, just reconstitute them!
Hey Joe! Yes, it was quite lovely indeed!
Wow, you must love figs!! They’re one of my favourites, too. Thanks again for the blogroll add!
Hum, one can almost eat this picture, it’s gorgeous!
Hey Sarah! Yep you caught me red handed I sure do love them!
Thanks Cris! Those figs sure are beautiful!
Oh man…I am speechless Jenn. I can not express how much I want this right now. Thank you for such a gorgeous recipe.
It certainly is drool-worthy indeed, Amanda!
Hi Jenn, I love figs but never associated it with Pizza though. They look yummm there. Would love to take a piece.
They are really good on there Lakshmi! I wish I could give you some!
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