Fig and Prosciutto Flatbread with Caramelized Onions and Balsamic Reduction
Remember the pizza dough recipe from last month? Well, since that recipe makes about three to four pizzas, I froze the extra dough for later use and made a fortuitous discovery! After thawing the dough and allowing it to come to room temperature, I was able to roll it out into a very thin crust that after baking, came out crispy and light–more like a flatbread than the chewier crust of the initial fresh batch of dough. This is a great thing, as I love crisp flatbread, and I had just the right toppings for it. You see, I had ventured to Whole Foods market last weekend to buy the fresh mushrooms for the Sizzling Mushrooms With Sage and Thyme and the first thing I saw was a display of black mission figs on sale for $2.99 per pint! I was so excited to finally see figs in season that I immediately bought a pint without a second thought. Now, I think figs are some of the most inspiring fruits–beautiful and exotic, they are subtly sweet, juicy, and …