Grilled Fig Pizza Recipe

A simple grilled fig pizza made with my rustic pizza dough, creamy whipped goat cheese, sweet purple figs and caramelized onions.

If your taste buds are into sweet purple figs and goat cheese, and you fancy pizza as i do, then i got us the loveliest grilled fig pizza today! 

I am on a goat cheese kick right now, it started with the goat cheese crostini and tomato tart, and I simply can’t get enough.

Also, it so happens that fig harvest is here. Literally overnight you guys! One day the figs are all green, the next everything is purple and falling off the branches, so they must be picked right away.

Figs have such a short life span, one moment they are green, 10 seconds later perfectly ripe and 5 seconds more they are rotten. Such a vicious cycle, right ? So you gotta pick them quick and make good use of them all. Either me or the squirrels will. 

So I volunteered, simply because: Fig Pizza you guys! 

If I had a weakness it would be pizza, and cheese, forever and ever.

But you know it has been insanely hot, the squirrels don’t even wanna be outside right now. So forget about blasting my oven with a pizza stone in it for an hour.

Instead you ca do this:

• Grill the pizza dough indoors on a cast iron griddle.
• Top it with the whipped goat cheese, caramelized onions and figs.
• Throw it under the broiler flames for just a minute to nicely caramelize the top of the figs and get some fire kisses on that grilled pizza pie. 
• Sprinkle with your favorite fresh herbs like chives and basil, and voila! Fig Pizza Perfection!
• If you have a lot of figs on your hands, then I’d encourage you to make some of this lovely pomegranate fig jam to use as a sauce on top as well. So good!

I’m thinking this fig pizza would make the perfect little bites for a girl’s night in! Plus a chilled bottle of vino of course. Note to self! 

Maybe where you are it isn’t 150”F outside, so feel free to fire up your outdoor grill, or even the oven as instructed in the best pizza dough recipe post.

Did you also know ?

1. Figs are high in fiber. Six figs contain about 5 g of fiber.
2. They are also high in calcium and rich in potassium.
3. Figs make a fantastic sweetener for different recipes.  

As they say, talk is cheap, and everything I say means nothing unless you make this fabulous Fig Pizza, so let’s get cooking!

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Grilled Fig Pizza Recipe

Prep Time

1 hrs

Cook Time

5 mins

Total Time

1 hrs 5 mins

 

A simple grilled fig pizza made with my rustic pizza dough, creamy whipped goat cheese, sweet purple figs and caramelized onions.

Course: Main

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 6

Calories: 562.0 kcal

Author: Florentina

Ingredients

• 1/2 batch this rustic pizza dough
• 20 oz goat cheese
• 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 2 cups caramelized onions
• 14 purple figs sliced
• 1/2 cup chives chopped
• 1/2 purple onion thinly sliced (optional)
• a pinch of sea salt
• 1/2 c fresh herbs for garnish

Instructions

1. Make the rustic pizza dough according to the recipe. Divide into 6 small balls.
2. Drizzle the dough with olive oil as per instructions and allow it to proof at room temperature for 2 hours.
3. Add the goat cheese, olive oil and a pinch of sea salt to the bowl of a food processor. Puree together until smooth and whipped. About a minute or so. Stir in the fresh chives, cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
4. While the pizza dough is proofing, work on the caramelized onions. Set aside until ready to use.
5. Sprinkle your kitchen counter with some flour and form 6 small thin pizza pies.
6. Meanwhile preheat a cast iron griddle on medium high flame.
7. Carefully transfer the pizza pie to the hot griddle and cook it for about one minute per side until nice grill marks form. Use a pair of tongues to easily flip it.
8. Preheat your broiler.
9. Place the grilled pizza pie on a broiler proof tray and spread a thin layer of the whipped goat cheese over the top. Sprinkle with the caramelized onions and top with the purple fig slices. Reserve a few of the caramelized onions to sprinkle over the top for garnish.
10. Broil for about a minute or so until the broiler flames get to kiss the figs and cheese.
11. Remove from the broiler and serve your fig pizza sprinkled with the fresh herbs, reserved caramelized onions and red onion slices if desired.

Recipe Notes

Optional: You can also make a quick fig puree to use as a sauce on your little fig pizzas. Simply puree a few figs in the food processor with a little water, lemon juice and olive oil and use that as a thin layer of sauce.

Nutrition Facts

Grilled Fig Pizza Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 pizza g)

Calories 562.0 Calories from Fat 282

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 31.3 gg 48%

Saturated Fat 15.9 gg 80%

Trans Fat 0 gg

Polyunsaturated Fat 11.3 gg

Cholesterol 43.5 mgmg 15%

Sodium 796.9 mgmg 33%

Total Carbohydrates 51.4 gg 17%

Dietary Fiber 6.2 gg 25%

Sugars 19.1 gg

Protein 23.2 gg 46%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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