Caramelized Onion, Radicchio, and Goat Cheese Pizzettes
- 1 lb red onions, thinly sliced (4 cups)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 lb radicchio, chopped (3 1/2 cups)
- 1 lb pizza/bread dough
- All-purpose flour for dusting
- Cornmeal for dusting
- 3 oz soft mild goat cheese, crumbled
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, chopped
- Special equipment: a large pizza stone (at least 14 inches across), baker's peel
- Preheat oven to 500F.
- Set stone on lowest rack of oven at least 1 hour before baking pizza (if you have a gas stove, stone can go directly on oven floor).3Cook onions in oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until deep golden, about 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in vinegar, radicchio, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Divide dough into quarters on a flour-dusted surface and gently stretch each piece into a thin disk about 6 inches across.
- Dust baker's peel with cornmeal and put 2 disks on it.
- Jerk peel once or twice; if dough sticks, lift and sprinkle more cornmeal underneath.
- Top each disk on peel with one fourth of onion mixture, goat cheese, and thyme, leaving a 3/4-inch border.
- Line up far edge of peel with far edge of stone in oven.
- Tilt peel, jerking it gently to start pizzas moving, and once edge of pizza touches stone, quickly pull peel back to transfer pizzas to stone.
- Bake pizzas until dough is crisp and golden, 8 to 12 minutes.
- Transfer with peel to a cutting board.
- Cut pizzas into slices and serve immediately.
- Make 2 more pizzas in same manner.
red onions, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, radicchio, bread, flour, cornmeal, goat cheese, fresh thyme, pizza stone
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/caramelized-onion-radicchio-and-goat-cheese-pizzettes-103324 (may not work)