Grown Up Pizza
- Mar 8, 2016
- 2 min read
Ok, so pretty much everyone loves pizza, right? What's not to love? Crispy, greasy crust, creamy sauce, melty cheese, spicy meat, roasted veggies... my mouth is starting to water!
Another thing I love about pizza, no two pizzas are the same. There are endless possibilities to toppings and flavors and you can really be creative!
I call this recipe "grown up pizza" because it feels so sophisticated. It's not your typical Friday night, binge watching Netflix and eating ice cream type of pizza. There are some complex flavors, and you're suprised from the very first bite at how light, yet filling and satisfying it is. Enjoy this quick and easy recipe for pizza any day of the week!
Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Pitas
Olive Oil
Garlic
Red Onion
Red Anjou Pear
Chopped Walnuts
Crumbled Blue Cheese
Baby Arugula
Lemon Juice
Directions: (measurements for two pizzas)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Smash about 3 cloves of garlic and bring them to boil with 1/4 cup of olive oil over medium heat. Let cool down for 5 minutes and remove and disgard the garlic.
Cook pitas on both sides in a skillet just long enough for them to develop a little crust on the outside. Place on top of a wire cooling rack over a foil lined baking sheet and brush with desired amount of prepared garlic oil.
Dice about 1/4 cup of the red onion and toss together with peeled, thinly sliced pear and about a tablespoon of prepared garlic oil.
Arrange the pear and onion on pizza, top with walnuts and blue cheese. Bake for about 5 to 10 minutes depending on how crispy you want your crust.
Toss together about 1 cup of arugula with the remaining prepared garlic oil and two teaspoons of lemon juice and place on top of the cooked pizza.
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