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pear pizza with caramelized onion and bleu cheese
I was in New York last weekend. That doesn’t have anything to do with this pizza, though. I just thought you might want to know. While I was there, we (we, meaning me and the gals who blog for the Family Kitchen on Babble) went out to dinner in SoHo, where I was introduced to my new favorite cheese. Apparently I have spent thirty four years in absolute darknss, not knowing the glory that is burrata mozzarella. Everyone, please start asking your stores to carry it. Let’s change the world.
The next day, Brooke from Cheeky Kitchen, Shaina from Food for My Family, and I kicked it around Manhattan. We saw Central Park and the Upper West Side, got cookies at Levain Bakery, hot dogs from Gray’s Papaya (didn’t go to Zabar’s though), and afterward saw West Side Story on Broadway. We wished we had gone to see the Adam’s Family instead, though.
We had a blast, and I left thinking how at home I had felt there.
Anyway, after all that great food, I came home wanting something really good. Something not boring, something seasonal and fresh. This pizza is what I came up with.
pear pizza with caramelized onion and bleu cheese
pizza dough (use your own recipe, or see below)
2-3 tablespoons barbecue sauce (your favorite kind, or see recipe below)
1 onion, sliced and caramelized
8 ounces fresh mozzarella, cut in small cubes
2 ounces bleu cheese, crumbled
1 ripe pear, thinly sliced
arugula
Place a pizza stone on the center rack of the oven. Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Place a piece of parchment paper on the back of a baking sheet or on a pizza peel. Stretch out dough to desired thickness and place on parchment paper. Cover with barbecue sauce, caramelized onion, cheeses, and pear slices. Use the parchment paper to slide the pizza onto the baking stone. Bake for 10-15 minutes, or until cheese are melted and the crust turns golden. When the pizza is ready, take the parchment paper to slide the pizza back out onto the peel or the baking sheet. Top with a handful of arugula and serve.
pizza dough
Use half of this dough recipe to make the pear pizza above.
4 cups all-purpose or bread flour
1 envelope instant yeast
1 3/4 cup warm (110 degree) water
3 tablespoons oil
pinch of sugar
1 teaspoon salt
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the dough hook, combine flour and yeast. Add in water, oil, and sugar until starting to pull together, then add the salt. Knead the dough on low speed until it forms a smooth, elastic firm dough, about 5 to 10 minutes. Pull the dough out, oil the bowl, and place the dough back in. Cover, and let rise for 2 hours, or until doubled in size. Punch down and shape into pizza.
barbecue sauce
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 small onion, finely minced
1 clove garlic, finely minced
1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons molasses
pinch of cayenne pepper, optional
salt and pepper to taste
In a small saucepan set over low heat, cook the onion with the oil until tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in the garlic, and cook a minute more. Add in remainder of ingredients and simmer over low for 10 more minutes. Let cool, and then refrigerate for up to a week, or freeze for up to a year.
14 Responses to “pear pizza with caramelized onion and bleu cheese”
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We had this for dinner last night!
Love it-
My mouth is watering! It looks absolutely wonderful.
Looks and sounds so good. I love getting something similar at CPK (well the pear part is similar
) and I am so excited to try this!! PS–I am so jealous you were in NYC. Steve is there today for work, but the boys and I wish we were there too. Its such an amazing and fun place to visit! Any chance you will be visiting Boston soon?
Jaime you are fabulous! Jet setting to NYC while we missed you at the OG in PG:) You gotta come next time. I dont know if I dare brave this pizza idea…but it looks so delicious. I tried Erin’s simple French Onion soup idea and it was disaster! Like, “How much vinegar did you put in this?”-Disaster.
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It’s gorgeous! It was so good getting the chance to spend the day with you in New York. We should get together more often. Really. And hopefully very soon!
This is one of my favorites! Try with delicata squash instead of pears… tasty! I do a honey glaze instead of BBQ for the squash. My mom LOVES it!
I LOVE the combonation of pears, caramelized onions and arugala. On anything, but especially on a pizza!
Wonderful photos!
I so wish i had seen this last week before all my pears went bad. What was I thinking?
I have 4 pears ready to go, this looks great. Glad you had fun trip!
This looks absolutely amazing and your photos are drool worthy! Love this post
I found your LOVELY blog via WhipperBerry…and I’m so glad I did! I made the pizza last night (just with a few tweaks…i caramelized the onions and used gorgonzola instead of bleu cheese) and it turned out fantastic!! Thanks for the great recipe
I even posted about it, and included a link back to here!…check it out:
http://adamandhaleykjar.blogspot.com/2011/01/pear-gorgonzola-pizzaall-you-pizza-fans.html
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Wow this looks amazing
I’m definitely going to try this recipe.
I just bought a Forno Pizza Oven and have been looking for recipes all day.
http://www.forno.com.au/index.html
Thanks for sharing!
Jen
Jen Jones—Oooh, I’m totally jealous. I want an oven like that, too!