Pear and Gorgonzola Pizza

I. Pizza dough

Ingredients

Warm water             ¼ cup

Active dry yeast          2 ¼ teaspoon

Water                          1 cup

Olive oil                   3 tablespoon

Bread flour       3 ¼ cups

Salt                   1 ½ teaspoon

Directions:

1. Pour the warm water and active dry yeast into a big mixing bowl, let rest 5-10 minutes.

2. Add water and olive into the bowl, then slowly incorporate the flour and salt into the wet ingredients.  When all the ingredients barely comes together into a ball, cover the mixing bowl with a damp towel, let the dough rest for 20 minutes. 

3. After resting for 20 minutes, knead the dough for 5 minutes until it’s smooth and elastic. 

4. Brush the inside of a large mixing bowl with extra olive oil.  Place the dough into the bowl, turn once to coat both side with olive oil.  Let rise till doubled, around 45-60 minutes. 

5. Remove the pizza dough from the bowl, punch down the dough to remove the big air bubbles.  Shape the dough into desired pizza shape.  Wrap extra pizza dough in a plastic bag and store in freezer for future use. 

II. Pear and gorgonzola filling

A Ingredients

Heavy whipping cream                  1 cup

Sour Cream                                     2 tablespoon

Parmesan cheese, shredded           ½ cup

Olive oil                                           2 tablespoon

Onion, shredded                              2 heads

D’Anjou pears, sliced                      1 head

Gorgonzola cheese, chunks             1 cup

Salt and pepper                                   to taste

B Ingredients
Olive oil                  1 tablespoon

Directions:

1. Reduce the heavy whipping cream in a small sauce pan with medium low heat, stir constantly until the cream is reduced in half, around 10-15 minutes.  Then add the sour cream and shredded Parmesan cheese.  Remove from heat once the cheese melts and incorporated into the cream.

2. Meanwhile, heat up the olive oil from A ingredients in a medium frying pan, add the shredded onion to cook until caramelized, around 10-15 minutes, salt and pepper to taste.

3. Shape the pizza dough into desired shape, spread with cheese sauce, place the sliced pear, sprinkle with caramelized onion, then top with gorgonzola cheese chunks.  Then add a bit of salt and pepper to the top of the pizza. 

4. Brush the Olive oil in B ingredients onto the pizza crust.  Bake in the oven 375°F/190°C for about 15-18 minutes, until the crust is golden brown.  Wait 3-5 minutes after removing from oven to slice the pizza into serving pieces, this will allow the cheese to cool down a bit. 

Servings: 12 inch pizza x 2