Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 16 oz pizza dough (, homemade or store bought)
  • 1 head garlic
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil (, divided)
  • 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 pinches salt
  • 1 1/2 barlett pears (, sliced thin)
  • 6 oz low-moisture mozzarella cheese (, diced into 1/2-inch cubes*)
  • 3 oz goat cheese (, crumbled)
  • 5 oz Italian sausage ((good quality), cooked and crumbled as cooking**)
  • Yellow corn meal (, for dusting)
  • 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves (, chopped into thin ribbons)

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove loose papery outer layers from garlic (the cloves still remain intact), and cut about 1/4-inch from top to expose garlic cloves.
  • Set garlic over a piece of aluminum foil (large enough to well wrap around garlic), drizzle 1 1/2 tsp olive oil evenly over top of garlic, then wrap with foil to enclose.
  • Bake in preheated oven until nearly roasted through (not quite fully because it will continue to roast on pizza), about 28 - 30 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and set aside to cool, then remove cloves from skins. Increase oven temperature to 450 degrees and place an pizza stone in center of oven.
  • On a large sheet of parchment paper lightly dusted with corn meal (or flour), shape and stretch pizza dough to 12 1/2 inches. Brush top of dough evenly with 1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil then sprinkle top evenly with pepper and salt.
  • Layer pears, mozzarella, goat cheese, cooked Italian sausage and garlic cloves over pizza. Using a pizza peel, transfer pizza on parchment to hot pizza stone in oven and bake 11 - 14 minutes until crust is golden and cheese is melted.
  • Remove from oven and sprinkle with basil ribbons. Slice and serve warm.