Hope you all had a happy Mother’s Day. Billy and I hosted a Mother’s Day luncheon here at our house for his mother, my mother and several other extended family mothers. We had 23 in total and between the beautiful weather and the wonderful food everyone brought, it was a relaxing and stress free day.
I’m taking some time to play in the vegetable garden this afternoon and thank goodness I’ve always got someone at my feet ready to help me dig. If I could only redirect her energy!
This pizza is sweet and salty, creamy and crunchy all at the same time. In other words, it’s just about the perfect pizza. Made with crème fraîche instead of a tomato base it’s different in just the right way.
Start with a homemade dough. I used Wolfgang Puck’s famous honey crust he uses at Spago. You’ll find the full recipe here.
Next, get your crème fraîche. It’s super easy to make and only has two ingredients, cream and buttermilk. You’ll find the recipe for making homemade creme fraiche here.
To your crème fraîche add ground pepper, mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Fold until well combined.
Arrange fresh sliced figs, sage and prosciutto ham over the crème fraîche base and sprinkle with a little parmesan cheese. Add a layer of caramelized onions if you like. I love the combination of sweet onion with salty ham.
Run into a preheated oven at ’450 for about 10 minutes or until brown and bubbling.
Enjoy,
~Caroline
Creme Fraiche pizza base
1 cup crème fraîche
1 cup fresh grated mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup fresh grated parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon ground pepper
You’ll also need:
1 medium onion caramelized
5 or so slices prosciutto ham
6 fresh figs sliced
6 or 7 fresh sage leaves
So here it is, a plea from me to you. Please make this apple tart, it’s just too delicious not to. It’s been a little over two years since I first posted it on the blog and I thought of you, my sweet reader, when I was throwing one together this weekend. I thought how easy it is to make and how it always turns out perfectly every time, then best of all, it tastes so good. So there, I’m begging you to give it a try.
Here’s the link to the original post….go forth and bake. Oh, and let me know how it turns out!
~Caroline
No kittens were harmed in the making of this video…
Like I said, we’re easily entertained
~Caroline
