Ingredients

The following ingredients have 8 Servings
  • 1 20-ounce ball of pizza dough, room temperature (store bought or homemade)
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 ½ tablespoons fresh garlic, minced (about 2-3 cloves)
  • 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon white pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon dry mustard
  • Few grinds fresh nutmeg
  • 1 Bosc pear, unpeeled and cut into thin large slices (discarding core)
  • ½ cup Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
  • A few very thin slices of red onion
  • 2 cups fresh arugula
  • 3-4 tablespoons ranch dressing
  • Flour for counter
  • Corn meal for pizza peel

Instruction

  • Place a pizza stone in the bottom of your oven and heat the oven to as high as it will go.
  • In a small sauce pan, melt butter over medium heat and add garlic.
  • Cook for 2-3 minutes or just until the garlic starts to brown and add flour.
  • Stir and cook for three minutes and add milk and stir with a wire whip.
  • The mixture will be thick.
  • Add half and half and stir again to a smooth consistency.
  • Add salt, pepper, dry mustard and nutmeg and stir one last time. Remove from heat and set aside.
  • Flour your counter and cut the dough balls in half to form two balls.
  • Flatten each to about 12-14 inches round.
  • Sprinkle corn meal on the pizza peel and place one pizza dough over the corn meal.
  • Use a small ladle and cover the top with the cream sauce, going to about a half inch from the edge. Be generous on the sauce but save at least half for the second pizza.
  • Place the sliced pears around the pizza. (We put six large slices on each pizza so when cooked and sliced, each slice will have one pear slice).
  • Sprinkle half the thin sliced onion over the pears.
  • Crumble half the Gorgonzola over the pizza and slide onto the stone.
  • Depending on your oven, the pizza should be ready between 5-7 minutes.
  • Remove to a cutting board and cut into six slices then top with half the arugula and drizzle ranch dressing over the top.
  • Repeat for the second pizza.