Fig, Bacon, and Blue Cheese Pizza with Balsamic Caramelized Onions

• Meat

  • 6 slices Bacon, cooked

• Produce

  • 1 handful Baby arugula, fresh

• Condiments

  • 3 tbsp Fig jam

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 lb Pizza dough, fresh homemade or store-bought

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 2 tbsp Olive oil, good

• Dairy

  • 4 oz Blue cheese, good
  • 1 8 oz ball Mozzarella, fresh

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 3 tbsp Onions in balsamic vinegar and port wine

• Other

  • about 7 dried figs, or 3-4 fresh ones

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Description

Directions

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Drizzle a 14 pizza pan with 1 tbsp olive oil. Shape pizza dough into a circle, stretching with your knuckles or holding one side, letting it stretch with gravity, and rotating your hands around the edge of the circle so it stretches in all directions. Lay pizza crust on pan and stretch to fit. If it shrinks back, let it rest for 5 minutes while you slice the figs and mozzarella.
• Slice mozzarella into about 1/4 inch slices. Remove tough stems from figs and slice each one lengthwise into about 4 slices.
• If necessary, go back to pizza dough and stretch to fill the pan.
• Drizzle pizza dough with about 1 tbsp olive oil and brush to cover the center, leaving about 1 on the edges for a crust.
• Place small dollops of fig jam around the pizza and spread out into patches, covering about 1/2 to 2/3 of the total surface of the pizza.
• Top with mozzarella slices and place sliced figs in the gaps between the cheese.
• Sprinkle on bacon and crumbles of about half the blue cheese.
• Spoon on small piles of caramelized onion around the pizza and spread out a little bit.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until everything is bubbly and crust is golden brown.
• Sprinkle with baby arugula and the remaining blue cheese. Slice and serve!