Onion and Truffle Cheese Pizza

Caramelized Onion and Truffle Cheese Pizza

I recently found an Italian truffle cheese at local market.  It’s excellent to snack on alone, or with a piece of chewy bread.  This led to the idea of using it on pizza atop a bed of caramelized onions and garlic.  The result was slightly sweet and almost buttery like.  This is a new favorite pizza in our house.

Prep Time: 5 minutes (if dough and sauce are made)

Cook Time: About 30 minutes

Serves: 1-12” Round Pizzas

 

Ingredients

½ recipe Pizza Dough

2 medium to large yellow onions, thinly sliced in half rounds

1 leek thinly sliced, optional

6-8 cloves of garlic, peeled and intact

1 teaspoon dried thyme (or 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme)

4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

6-8 oz of truffle cheese, or Fontina or Taleggio, freshly grated

Parmigiano-Reggiano, optional

Extra truffle oil, optional

Sea or Kosher Salt

Equipment

Pizza stone, optional

Procedure

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit.

Add the 4 tablespoons of olive oil to a large skillet and turn to medium heat.  Once the oil has heated, add the thinly slice onions, the thinly sliced leek (if using), the whole garlic cloves, and the thyme.  Sprinkle with salt.  Sauté on medium to low heat for 20-30 minutes until the onions, leeks, and garlic are translucent and soft.

Caramelized Onion, Leek, and Garlic with Thyme

While the onion mixture is cooking grate the cheese and pull out the pizza dough to about a 12-inch round.

Par bake the pizza dough, either on a pizza stone or a baking sheet for 5-7 minutes.

Now top the par-baked dough with the onion mixture, then with the grated cheese.

Bake for another 10 minutes or so.  After you removed the pizza from the oven use a vegetable peeler to peel thin pieces of Parmigiano-Reggiano and place them on the pizza.  Drizzle with truffle oil if desired.  Cut the pizza after it has rested for 5 minutes.

Caramelized Onion and Truffle Cheese Pizza