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Fig & Ricotta Pizza

During a visit last month to Manhattan, I stopped at Chelsea Market.  If you haven’t been, go on your next trip to New York.  It’s a foodie paradise.  I stumbled across a stand with an insane selection of caramels called Liddabit Sweets.

Caramels

I picked up a box of fig and ricotta caramels and ever since then haven’t been able to get that combination off of my mind.  As you know, homemade pizza is a weekly staple in my house so I decided to create a pizza with these two ingredients.  It took me a couple of tries to get it right but I did and I’m completely thrilled with the result.

I started off with homemade dough and one of my assistants wanted to help in the kneading process.  I told him to punch the dough which is music to the ears of a four-year-old boy.

kneading dough

Figs are not in season right now in the Northeast so I picked up some dried figs.  I soaked them in hot water for about fifteen minutes to soften them up and then thinly sliced them.

Sliced Figs

After heating up my pizza stone, I rolled out the dough and assembled my pizza.  I dropped spoonfuls of ricotta cheese around the dough, scattered the figs and then topped it with some shredded mozzarella cheese.  I sprinkled some thyme over top and then cooked it for thirteen minutes.  When it came out of the oven I drizzled a bit of honey around the pizza and then sliced it.  It was fantastic.  For very few ingredients, this pizza has an amazing depth of flavor.  I served it alongside my shaved brussels sprouts salad.

Pizza and Brussels Sprouts

Earlier in the day I had asked my husband if he wanted panko crusted wasabi salmon or this pizza for dinner.  I’m glad he made this choice but that salmon recipe will be coming to the blog soon!

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Fig & Ricotta Pizza
 
Ingredients
  • 1 ball of pizza dough
  • 1 cup of thinly sliced figs (if using dried figs soak in hot water for 15 minutes and drain before slicing)
  • 1 cup of ricotta cheese (I used part-skim)
  • 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese (I used part-skim)
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • drizzle of honey
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven with pizza stone in it to 450.
  2. Roll out dough and transfer to heated pizza stone. Drop spoonfuls of ricotta cheese over dough. Scatter sliced figs around pizza and then top with mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle thyme. Bake for thirteen minutes or until cheese starting to brown. Remove from oven. Drizzle with honey and slice.

 

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Comments

  1. Jenn Fedorchak says

    Very nice! Looks delish! So the sheer mention of salmon earlier inspired me to make it for dinner (and by make, I mean pick up the ready to bake pack at Costco). I am very impressed with your skills in the kitchen and I hope to learn a thing or TEN :)

    • Marci Lutsky says

      Glad to have inspired you Jenn! I've been craving salmon so it's definitely going on my menu for next week.

  2. Kelly (@KRod0519) says

    That looks delicious! We go through a BJs size bag of figs about once every other week. We love them fresh and dried. And the Chelsea Market is so fun. I love getting my flavored balsamic vinegar at The Filling Station. Question for you...whenever we make pizza from a store bought dough ball, the dough always shrinks back, whether it's room temperature or cold. What's the secret to rolling it out and having it stay the size you want? Thanks! Happy Friday! Kelly www.alovelylifeindeed.com

    • Marci Lutsky says

      Thanks for stopping by Kelly. I find dough hard to roll out when it just comes out of the fridge so I usually let it sit for awhile. I also find adding some extra flour to it helps.

  4. Julia says

    Yum! That was a tough choice you gave him. I want to try this pizza, anything that has a drizzle of honey always has my attention.

  10. triciathegoodmama says

    Yum! What a great combination! I'm definitely going to have to try this out. Pinned!

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