FIG-AND-PROSCIUTTO FLATBREADS

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This is a staple at Todd English's Olives restaurants:) His much-lauded house-made flatbread topped with sticky-sweet fig jam, punget Gorgonzola cheese and salty prosciutto was in Food & Wine Magazine, Published July, 2008 from: 50 Hall of Fame Best New Chefs - Entrepreneurs. Here we made it {the easy way} with (store-bought) pizza dough. Serve with Light, cherry inflected Chianti Classico: 2006 Coltibuono, RS Cooling times not included.

Provided by Manami

Categories     < 4 Hours

Time 1h15m

Yield 2 Pizzas

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 (12 ounce) balls pizza dough, at room temperature
all-purpose flour
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
salt
fresh ground pepper
1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
1/2 cup fig jam (from a 6-ounce jar- found at Costco's in FL)
1/4 lb gorgonzola, crumbled (1 cup)
3 ounces sliced prosciutto (the more expensive, the better )
1 scallion, white and green parts thinly sliced

Steps:

  • Place a pizza stone in the bottom of the oven and preheat the oven to 500ºF. (The pizza stone is ideal but not necessary - just make sure the oven is hot enough to cook the pizza's).
  • Allow at least 45 minutes for the pizza stone to heat thoroughly.
  • Meanwhile, on a lightly floured surface, roll out one piece of the pizza dough to a 13-inch round.
  • Dust a pizza peel with flour and slide the dough onto it.
  • Drizzle with about 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and sprinkle with half of the garlic and rosemary.
  • Season with salt and pepper & pinch of crushed red pepper flakes (if using).
  • Dollop 1/4 cup of the fig jam (it is difficuclt to spread) all over the crust, being sure to leave a 1-inch border of dough all around.
  • Scatter half of the cheese and prosciutto over the dough.
  • Slide the flatbread onto the stone and bake for about 15 minutes, until puffed and golden.
  • Transfer the flatbread to a cutting board and let cool for 10 minutes before slicing.
  • Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make the second flatbread.
  • Garnish with the sliced scallion and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 666.3, Fat 43.4, SaturatedFat 14.3, Cholesterol 42.5, Sodium 818.6, Carbohydrate 57.5, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 39.3, Protein 12.7

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