How to Bake Fig-Prosciutto Pizzas

Yields: 3

Preparation time: 20 mins + 1 hr (inactive)

Cooking time: 10 mins

Ingredients needed to make Fig-Prosciutto Pizzas:

For the pizza dough:

• 9 oz strong white flour, plus more for dusting
• ¼ oz instant-yeast
• ¼ oz salt
• 6 fl oz water
• 1 fl oz olive oil
• Semolina, for dusting

For the topping:

• 2 ripe figs, quartered
• 4 prosciutto slices
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced and lightly caramelized
• Handful of rocket
• 3 ½ oz gorgonzola
• Dash of balsamic vinegar
• Small handful pecorino, grated
• Olive oil, as required
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Cooking instructions for Fig-Prosciutto Pizzas:

• To make the pizza dough, place the flour in a bowl and stir in the yeast and a dash of salt.
• Drizzle oil into it, followed by a splash of water and work them together with your fingers or a stand mixer into a dough.
• Place it onto a lightly oiled working counter and massage it for 10 minutes, until it smooth out and turn pliable.
• Slice off a small knob of the dough and stretch that small dough piece with your hands into a sheet, thin enough to appear nearly transparent, while ensuring that it doesn’t tear away.
• Roll rest if the dough into a ball and place it into a lightly oiled bowl.
• Wrap the surface of the bowl with a moist kitchen towel and set aside for an hour to allow the dough to rise.
• Split the dough into three portions and roll each of them into a ball.
• Flatten out each ball onto a lightly-floured surface, into discs, using floured rolling pin and set aside.
• Dust a flat baking tray with small amount of semolina and arrange the dough discs onto the, spaced 2’’ apart.
• Position a baking tray, upside-down into an oven and warm it up to 425 degrees F.
• To make the topping, arrange the onion slices on top of each pizza base and crumble the gorgonzola onto them.
• Top it up with layers of prosciutto slices and place the fig quarters over them.
• Smother the topping with a good lug of olive oil and add a splash of balsamic vinegar over it.
• Sprinkle a dash each of seasonings on top and place them onto the upturned baking tray.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the base browns and the bubbles begins to appear on the topping.
• Scatter the rocket leaves on top of each pizza and serve warm.

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