This Pear Brie and Prosciutto Pizza with Honey Drizzle is light, and with a lot of flavor because of the individual ingredients. Also very little work, especially if you use a store-bought pizza crust.
As you can see in the picture; I am not very concerned with the shape of a pizza, especially when I make pizza for just the two of us. The shape does not change the flavor of the pizza. It’s the crust and the toppings; my hand-made pizza bottoms usually look ‘rustic’.
Key Ingredients in This Recipe
- Sugar
- Active dry yeast
- All-purpose flour
- Olive oil
- Cornmeal
- Bartlett Pear
- Onion
- Brie cheese
- Prosciutto ham
- Arugula
- Honey
The flavors of the ingredients work so well together that you don’t need anything else, so spices, no salt. You have sweet caramelized onions, peppery arugula, salty ham, creamy brie cheese and juicy pears.
How to Make Pear Brie and Prosciutto Pizza with Honey Drizzle
The recipes makes a total of 2 big pizzas or 4 small. I opted for 2 small and the other half is still in my freezer for a next time.
- Mix water with sugar and add the yeast. Stir and allow to become frothy in approx. 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl mix together flour, salt, olive oil and the yeast mixture. Mix together, using a mixer or your hands; the dough should come clean from the side of the bowls.
- Shape the dough into a ball and place it in a oiled bowl, wrap with saran wrap and allow to rise
- Heat your oven to the highest temperature, around 500 degrees F.
- Cut the onion in thing rings and caramelize these in a little bit of olive oil in a skillet. Do this slowly and you’ll have soft sweet onions.
- Wash the pear and take the core out (no need to peel it). Slice the pear thinly. Cut the brie in thin slices as well.
- Cut the dough in half (place the other half in the freezer) and make two pizza bottoms (any form you like) Place the pizza on a baking sheet that you dusted with cornmeal.
- Now start ‘decorating’ the pizza bottom with the toppings. Caramelized onions, pear, arugula, prosciutto, brie.
- When all is divided over the two pizza bottoms, drizzle each with little bit of honey.
- Slice baking sheet in the oven and bake the pizzas for about 10 minutes.
What will it taste like? Bread flavor from the dough; warm fruit but still crunchy; sweetness from the onion, peppery from the arugula mixed with the salty juices from the ham and the creaminess coming from the brie cheese.
Sounds good? Try and let me know what you think.
Other Pizza Recipes to Try
Pear Brie and Prosciutto Pizza with Honey Drizzle
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 1.5 cups warm water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- cornmeal
Pizza Toppings
- 1 Bartlett Pear
- 1/2 onion
- 5 ounces brie cheese
- 4 ounces prosciutto ham
- 2 cups arugula
- honey
Instructions
- First make your pizza dough. Mix water with sugar and add the yeast. Stir and allow to become active in approx. 10 minutes. You will see it frothing of foaming.
- In a large bowl mix together flour, salt, olive oil and the yeast mixture. Mix together, using a mixer or your hands; the dough should come clean from the side of the bowls.
- Shape the dough into a ball and place it in a oiled bowl, wrap with saran wrap and allow to rise or not. (Up to you, according to Jo Cooks you need to let it rise).
- Heat your oven to the highest temperature, around 500 degrees F.
- Prepare the toppings.
- Cut the onion in thing rings and caramelize these in a little bit of olive oil in a skillet. Do this slowly and you’ll have soft sweet onions.
- Wash the pear and take the core out (no need to peel it). Slice the pear thinly. Cut the brie in thin slices as well.
- Prepare the pizza.
- Cut the dough in half and make to pizza bottoms (any form you like) Place the pizza on a baking sheet that you dusted with cornmeal.
- Now start ‘decorating’ the pizza bottom with the toppings. Caramelized onions, pear, arugula, prosciutto, brie.
- When all is divided over the two pizza bottoms, drizzle each with little bit of honey.
- Slice baking sheet in the oven and bake the pizzas for about 10 minutes.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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