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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Blue Cheese Pizza
When you're feeling blue, make this your go-to dish. Blue cheese lovers will fall in love with this gourmet pizza that's a slice of heaven. It's a recipe that really delivers.
Ingredients
2 (16 oz.) pizza dough
Extra-virgin olive oil
3 large onions, sliced
All-purpose flour, for dusting
1 (8 oz.) container mascarpone cheese
1 cup blue cheese, crumbled
Salt, Kosher
Black pepper, freshly ground
1 cup walnuts, toasted and roughly chopped
1 cup red grapes, in halves 2 tbsp.
flat leaf parsley, freshly chopped
Methods/steps
Remove the pizza dough from the refrigerator 1 hour before you ready to start. In a large sauté pan over medium low heat add 2 tbsp. of olive oil. Add onions and slowly caramelize until brown and creamy about 20 minutes. Set aside to cool. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Heat the grill over medium-high heat and wipe down with oiled paper towels to create a non-stick surface. On a floured surface, roll out each of the pizza dough into an elongated shape, about 12 by 8-inches and about a 1/2-inch thick. Brush with olive oil and grill on both sides until warmed through and grill marked, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a baking sheet. In a medium bowl, mix together the mascarpone and blue cheese. Smear the cheese mixture over each of the grill pizza crusts. Place in oven for 2 to 3 minutes until the cheese melts. Remove from oven and transfer to cutting board or platter. Top with caramelized onions, toasted walnuts and fresh grapes. Season with a few turns of freshly ground black pepper, drizzle with some more extra-virgin olive oil and top with fresh parsley.
Additional Tips
Ready in 1¾ hour
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