Goat Cheese and Bacon Pizza

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F with pizza stone in the oven.

For the sauteed onions, melt the 3 Tablespoons of butter in a saute pan over medium low heat. Add the thinly sliced onions and pepper to the melted butter and saute the onions until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the balsamic vinegar and cook for 1-2 minutes longer. Remove from heat and set aside.

Roll out pizza dough to a 12″ circle. (You should have a pretty thin crust for this recipe. If you prefer a thicker crust just adjust the prebake time so your crust will be done at the same time your toppings are melty and delicious. You don’t want to overbake the goat cheese.)

Place the rolled out crust on the pizza stone in the oven. Prebake the crust for 3-5 minutes. Just until the bottom of the crust begins to brown and crisp up slightly.

Remove crust from oven and place the thinly sliced tomatoes on top of the partially baked crust. At this point I take a spoon and lightly “push” the tomatoes into the crust with the back of a spoon. I like the way the tomatoes break up slightly and how they release their juices. Top the tomatoes with the mozzarella cheese and then the sauteed onions. Evenly spread the goat cheese across the top of the pizza and then sprinkle on the bacon. Top with the toasted pine nuts.

Place the pizza back in the oven and cook for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and pizza is heated through.
Remove from oven and evenly drizzle the balsamic glaze over the top of the pizza.

To make your own balsamic glaze simmer a cup of balsamic vinegar over medium heat until it has thickened and become “syrupy”.