Pera Pizza with Prosciutto and Pistachios
This copycat Pizzeria Limone Pera Pizza recipe includes salty prosciutto, sweet pears, creamy mozzarella, purple onion, and pistachios!
Servings: 1 Pizza
Equipment
- 2 13" pizza pans
Ingredients
- 1 batch Pizza Dough
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups mozzarella
- ¼ cup shredded parmesan
- ¼ cup mozzarella pearls
- 1 tablespoon shredded parmigiano reggiano
- ½ green pear, thinly sliced
- ½ cup prosciutto
- 4 large basil leaves
- 1 tablespoon chopped pistachios
Instructions
- Place 1 pizza pan in the oven and preheat the oven to 500 °F.
- Cut ½ of pear into slices, almost paper thin, and coat with sugar in a small bowl.
- Mince 1-2 cloves of garlic, or set aside 1 teaspoon of pre-minced garlic.
- Cut a few thin slices of purple onion and chop 1 tablespoon shelled pistachios. Hang onto even the tiniest crumb!
- On a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper, roll out pizza dough into a 13" circle.
- Gently rub minced garlic around the surface of the dough.
- Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil onto dough and spread evenly with a pastry brush.
- Sprinkle shredded mozzarella around the entire pizza, extending to the edges.
- Distribute the fresh mozzarella pearls evenly around the entire pizza and sprinkle on the shaved parmesan.
- Add prosciutto and pears to the pizza, making sure to place them strategically enough that you'll get a taste of both in each slice.
- Tear basil leaves to release flavor, and tuck them around prosciutto and pears.
- Top with a few thin slices of purple onion and sprinkle with chopped pistachios.
- Use a pizza peel or second pizza pan to carefully slide the parchment paper with pizza on top in the oven to cook for 8-10 minutes.
Notes
Tips and Tricks:
- Thinly slicing pears and onions will allow you to heavily distribute the ingredients throughout the pizza, maintaining a delicate balance of flavor in each bite!
- To promote even cooking, we like to place a 13" pizza pan in the oven during preheat and then roll the pizza dough and prepare the pizza on a sheet of parchment paper. When it's ready to cook, slide a cool pizza pan under the parchment paper. Use the cool pizza pan to easily slide the parchment paper/pizza into the oven and onto the hot pan.
- Meat: Prosciutto could be substituted for a thinly sliced Capocollo or Pancetta.
- Cheese: Mozarella pearls could be substituted for burrata.
- Fruit: Don't have pears on hand and still want to try it? Thinly sliced sugar coated apples or halved blackberries may work well!
- Meat lovers - double up on the meat!
- Kid friendly - try half without prosciutto and/or onions.