Pear, Leek and Blue Cheese Pizza

Name: Pear, Leek and Blue Cheese Pizza
Yield: Makes 2 30 cm/12 in pizzas
Ingredients: ½ quantity pizza dough; salt and ground black pepper; 115 g /4 oz blue cheese (eg Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Stilton); fine ground semolina, for sprinkling; 2-3 ripe pears, peeled, cored and thinly sliced from the bottom to the top (the red skinned ones look nice); 25 g /1 oz butter; 30 ml /2 tbsp olive oil; 2-3 medium leeks, trimmed, washed, drained and sliced thinly; olive oil, for drizzling

Preparation info

Makes
2
30 cm 12 in pizzas

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Wood-fired Oven Cookbook

By Holly Jones and David Jones

Published 2016

About

Pears, leeks and blue cheese are a classic combination and go well together as a topping for wood-fired pizzas. A mild, soft blue cheese works well, such as Roquefort, but you can also use the harder, stronger blue cheeses, like Stilton.

Ingredients

2-3 medium leeks, trimmed, washed, drained and sliced thinly
30 ml /2 tbsp olive oil

Vegetarian
Pizza

Method

Build the fire in the oven to a temperature of around 150°C/300°F, which will take about 30 minutes. When it is at temperature, push the fire to the back of the oven with a metal peel or coal hook.