Roasted Asparagus and Fig Pizza with Thyme and Balsamic Glaze
Ingredients
- 1 package multi-grain pizza dough *left out at room temp at least 2 hours in a bowl with clean kitchen towel over top
- 1 bunch asparagus hard ends trimmed off and then sliced into 2 inch pieces
- 1 cup fresh mission figs but any kind will do quartered
- all purpose flour for dusting
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
- balsamic glaze for drizzling * see above
- 15 oz. container whole milk ricotta cheese you will use about 10 oz of it, more if you like heavier amounts of cheese
- extra virgin olive oil for drizzling**optional
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Lightly oil a rectangular baking sheet.
- Lightly flour a rolling pin and the surface where you will roll out the dough into roughly the size of the baking sheet.
- Gently transfer rolled dough onto the oiled baking sheet.
- Bake dough for about 20-25 min until crust is golden brown and set aside and allow to cool slightly.
- In meantime, on another small baking sheet, toss asparagus with a few drizzles of oil, garlic salt and pepper and roast for about 5-6 min until slightly brown and crispy (depending on thickness of your asparagus, times may vary).
- Once dough has slightly cooled, smooth on ricotta cheese with a large spoon or spatula.
- Top with roasted asparagus, figs, and thyme.
- Drizzle lightly with balsamic glaze (and a bit of olive oil over top** optional).
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