Surrey Homes | SH37 | November 2017 | Gift supplement inside

Food
Figs with goat’s cheese, rocket and honey
Makes enough for 2 x 25 cm (10 in) pizzas
Don’t miss your chance to make this classy pizza when figs
are in season. Because there is no sauce, use the best fruit,
cheese and honey you can find.
2 balls of pizza dough
(recipe on page 147)
2 handfuls of rocket
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 fresh figs, each
sliced into eighths
80g (⅓ cup) soft
goat’s cheese
runny honey,
for drizzling
fine sea salt
1. Preheat the oven to 250°C/480°F/gas mark 9
or as high as it will go. Place a pizza stone or
an upside-down baking tray in the oven to heat
up too. Get all your ingredients and equipment
ready, including taking the dough out of the
fridge 1 hour before you’re ready to cook.
2. Place the rocket in a bowl. Drizzle with a little olive
oil and season with a pinch of salt (there’s no need for
pepper). Toss to coat all the leaves with the oil. This
adds extra flavour and also helps protect the rocket
from the heat of the oven so that it doesn’t burn.
3. Place the figs in a separate bowl and drizzle
with a little olive oil. Toss gently to make
sure all the figs are lightly coated with oil,
handling carefully so they don’t break up.
4. Stretch the pizza dough by hand or roll it
out. Sprinkle a pinch of salt evenly over
the dough, then brush all over with a really
nice olive oil to help it turn golden.
5. Scatter the figs on top of the dough, then dot
small knobs (about ½ teaspoon each) of the
goat’s cheese between the figs, aiming to get a
good balance of ingredients across the pizza.
6. Check that there is no liquid on the peel or board or
your pizza won’t slide off it. Shake the board gently
to see if the pizza will move. If it doesn’t, lift up the
pizza with a dough cutter or spatula and sprinkle a
little flour on the board until it does move easily.
7. Slide the pizza off the peel or board onto the pizza
stone or upside-down baking tray in the hot oven.
Cook for 7-10 minutes, but start checking after
5 minutes – you want the dough to be cooked
through and golden. The figs should be soft and
will have started to release their juices and the
goat’s cheese may be slightly charred in places.
8. Take the pizza out of the oven. Drizzle with
honey and scatter the rocket evenly across the
top. Return the pizza to the oven for only 30
seconds to 1 minute more, until the rocket has
just started to wilt. Alternatively, skip this step
and add the honey and rocket when the pizza is
done – the rocket will still wilt slightly from the
residual heat of the pizza. Remove from the oven
again and transfer to a wire cooling rack. Allow to
stand for 1 minute before cutting into slices.
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