A few nights ago, my friend Cindy suggested we come over for a pizza night. Immediately my mind went to a laid back evening complete with plastic checkered table cloths and arcade games. However, when we got there she’d laid out a full antipasti spread fit for an Italian family much larger than our group of 4. (I’m both happy and ashamed to report this did not stop us from cleaning our plates.) Then, she prepared two pizzas: one a more traditional fare with tomato sauce and buffalo mozzerella, the other the sweet and savory pizza I want to share with you today. I added a few additions to the recipe Cindy used (no arugula or prosciutto were on the original rendition), but rest assured any variation will be absolutely delicious!

Sweet & Savory Fig Pizza

Ingredients:

Pizza Dough (We love Ree Drummond’s crust recipe.)

Trader Joe’s Fig Butter

Figs

Goat Cheese

Red Onion

Prosciutto

Arugula

We like to spread the dough out on our pizza stone, which is best when started in a cold oven and warmed up with the preheating process. Leave it in for 8-10 minutes–just until it loses that doughy look. However, if you don’t have a stone, you can skip this step.

Preheat your oven to 500°F

Spread a thin layer of fig butter on the dough and then dress your pizza with figs, goat cheese, red onion, and prosciutto.

Cook until your crust gets crispy.

Finish by throwing on a bit of arugula before serving. I think the peppery green is a nice complement to the sweet pizza. Although, my mother in law would pick it off and ask why I put “weeds” on her pizza.