Anchovy, Goat Cheese & Fig Pizza Recipe
Anchovies, goat cheese and figs aren't just toppings for salads - add this delicious combination on top of a scrumptiously crisp, thin crust pizza and you have a homemade gourmet pizza that everyone will be raving about!
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 228kcal
Equipment
- Baking Tray
Ingredients
- 1 pizza base homemade or store bought
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoon pizza sauce
- ½ cup freshly grated romano
- ½ cup freshly shredded parmesan
- 1 cup fresh mozzarella
- ½ cup goat cheese divided
- 9 anchovies rolled and sliced
- 9 figs halved
- 2 tablespoon currants
- 1 cup arugula
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper chili flakes
Instructions
- Rest the dough for at least an hour outside the refrigerator to bring the dough to room temperature before preparing the pizza
- Preheat oven to 500° F.
- Pour out the dough. Punch and press into a round shape. Stretch out the dough by rotating on your knuckles and letting gravity do the rest. Make sure the dough is stretched as evenly as possible. Press out as many of the bubbles as possible with your fingertips and mend holes by pressing the dough. Place the pizza onto a baking sheet (no flour dusting is necessary for the baking sheet.
- Add the toppings evenly on the pizza base in the following order: olive oil, pizza sauce, romano, mozzarella, figs, anchovies, goat cheese and parmesan.
- Put the pizza in the bottom of the oven. Bake for 6 minutes.
- Put the pizza in the middle rack of the oven. Bake for 6 minutes.
- Immediately garnish with arugula, goat cheese and currants. If you like the heat – some red chili flakes really hit the spot!
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Notes
- Assemble the pizza right before baking to avoid a soggy crust.
- If a hole appears in your dough, push it back in and seal the dough.
- Brush the entire dough surface with olive oil.
- Any part of the crust which is covered only with sauce with char and burn so sprinkle a little bit of grated romano or parmesan over the sauce.
- There is no need to dust the baking sheet with flour. However if like a bit of a crunchy, nutty texture - a little semolina on the bottom of the dough does wonders.
Nutrition
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Recipe yields approximately 8 servings. The nutrition information has been calculated using an online recipe nutrition calculator and is intended for informational purposes only and should be used as a general guideline. If the nutrition information is important to you, you should independently verify it using your preferred tool.
