Pear and Blue Cheese Pizza
Holy Crap this was good. I wish I could be more eloquent with my words, but all I can say is, “Holy Crap”. As my husband put it… “I would never think to put pears and blue cheese together or on a pizza, but that was amazing.”
All that I can say is that I adore fruit and cheese as hors d’oeuvres so why not pears and blue cheese?! I’d put it on a cracker, why not a pizza?? Same concept, right? YES.
This recipe was simple, derived from minimal ingredients, and was super tasty. Even if you are a skeptic, trust me, you’ll like it. Really. Trust me. It’s THAT good.
Pear and Blue Cheese Pizza
Source: Loosely adapted from Just Eat Food
Serves 4
Ingredients:
Whole wheat pizza dough (enough for one medium pizza)
4 Tbs. unsalted butter
2 Tbs. brown sugar (I used organic)
2 Bartlett pears, ripe but still firm, cored and thinly sliced
Blue cheese crumbles (choose a quality blue cheese for best results)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. While it is heating, shape your dough. Poke several small holes in the dough with a fork.
Transfer dough to pizza stone, cookie sheet, or whatever you plan to use to cook the pizza.
Melt butter in large sauce pan and brush dough with some of it. Cook for 5 minutes without toppings.
Add brown sugar to the remaining melted butter in the sauce pan and stir until dissolved. Add pear slices to it and cook for about 6 minutes or until nicely caramelized.
Add pears to pizza dough and cook for 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
Sprinkle with blue cheese and pop back into the turned off (but still warm) oven until cheese melts.
