Thursday needs pizza like Monday needs a giant fudgy brownie loaded with chocolate frosting! Yes, that is how Mondays go over here.
Soo, I know this pizza isn’t the prettiest, but I do promise it’s delicious. If you are hating me right now because you cannot stand blue cheese of any kind, then I am so sorry. People either seem to love it or hate, but I love it – and I love it with stone fruits like nectarines… and on top of a cheesy pizza… with a sweet and spicy balsamic glaze to top everything off… yes, yes, yes!
So amazing together!
I really wanted the flavors of the pesto and the nectarines to shine so I kept this pizza’s toppings super simple. I started things off by grilling the pizza dough. I wanted my pizzas to be thin and crisp. I didn’t want the bread to overtake the nectarines so to me thin crust just seemed like a good idea. Also, I wanted the pizza to taste similar to those baked in a wood fire pizza oven, therefore the grill seemed like my best bet. And holy heck, it was awesome. For the rest of the summer I am grilling my pizzas. It just makes the dough taste spot on. Slightly charred and perfectly cooked.
Once the dough was grilled, I covered the pizzas in toasted walnut pesto and then umm, a whole lot of fontina cheese. Pizza without cheese? Well, I just do not know how you vegans do it. My pizzas are always loaded with cheese. Normally, if I am photographing the pizza earlier in the day and then re-heating it for dinner I will actually add more cheese just so we all get some fresh melted cheese on our re-heated pizza. I know. Crazy. But good.
Then comes the caramelized nectarines. Typically I would never cook my nectarines. Well… I really never wanted cooked fruit. I always wanted to eat it all fresh, but for the sake of this blog I have been trying new things. And I now know that caramelized nectarines are amazing. And gorgonzola cheese, plus a lot of basil makes them even better. Also spicy balsamic drizzle. Guys, it has got a kick and it’s a freaking killer.
And that’s pretty much the story of this pizza. It’s sweet, spicy and so, so cheesy. Can you tell I am ready for Friday? And more pizza?
Because I so am!! Tomorrow, tomorrow it’s only a day a way!
