Fig and Goat Cheese Dessert Pizza with
Port Reduction Sauce
This is a great dessert that combines a cheese course
with dessert. Very elegant.
1 cup port
1/4 cup cornmeal or all-purpose flour, for rolling dough
1 (4-inch) ball prepared dough, at room temperature
1 tablespoons olive oil
4 ripe figs or 10 dried figs, sliced thinly
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
4 ounces goat cheese, crumbled
Add port to a small pot, and simmer
over medium heat for approximately 30 minutes, or until it reduces to a couple
of tablespoons and takes on the consistency of maple syrup. Reserve.
Lightly sprinkle work surface with corn meal. Place dough
directly in the middle of the work surface. Roll dough out gently 1/4-inch
thick, into either a 12-inch rectangle or circle. Brush both sides with oil and
set-aside until ready to grill.
If you are grilling on a charcoal grill, set coals on one
side of the grill.
Place dough directly on the cooking grate over medium heat
for 1 to 3 minutes, until the crust is well marked and browned. Flip dough and
spread with orange marmalade on cooked side of pizza crust. Arrange fig slices
in on top. Sprinkle cheese evenly over the top. Move to indirect heat (for
charcoal: the side of charcoal grill that has no coals. For gas: turn off
burner directly under pizza). Cover grill and cook for 5 to 10 minutes, or until
bottom is well browned, and cheese is fully melted.
Remove from grill. Slice, drizzle with port reduction, and
serve immediately.