Prosciutto, Fig & Hot Honey Mini Pizzas

Ingredients

SERVINGS: 10 Pieces

1 batch mom’s pizza dough
1½ cup whole milk ricotta cheese
½ cup blue cheese crumbles
15 fresh figs, halved (dried if fresh or not available)
1 (3) ounce package Volpi traditional prosciutto
Salt & Pepper to taste
1/4 cup chopped pistachios
Hot (spicy) honey*

Mom’s Pizza Dough

2¼ cup all purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup warm (not hot) water
2¼ teaspoon active yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil + extra

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450℉.
In a medium bowl or a stand mixer mix ricotta cheese for 2 -3 minutes until it becomes fluffy, set aside.Gentle stretch each of the mini dough balls out to make 3-4 inch crusts. Spread the whipped ricotta on each of the crusts and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top each mini pizza with figs and rolled Volpi prosciutto. Top each pizza with crumbled blue cheese. Cook in oven for 12-15 minutes or until crust start to brown. Be careful not to burn the bottom of the pizzas. Remove from oven and drizzle with hot or spicy honey and sprinkle with chopped pistachios.

Mom's Pizza Dough

In a stand mixer sift flour and salt together and set aside. In a small bowl gentle mix the warm water, sugar and yeast. Set aside for 5 minutes to activate the yeast. Fold the yeast into the flour mixture gentle along with the olive oil. Mix together on low speed for 3-4 minutes. If dough is too sticky add in a tablespoon of flour. If the dough is too dry, add a teaspoon of olive oil. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Remove dough from bowl and rub olive oil over the dough. Make 10 small balls and place them on the cookie tray. Cover with a towel and allow to rise for an hour.

Note: If you do not have a stand mixer you can hand knead the dough for ten minutes.

*Hot honey. You can purchase spicy honey or to make your own mix 1/4 -1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper into 1/4 cup of honey. You can make larger batches and store on in pantry.

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