Fig Balsamic Pizza

Have you ever enjoyed a meal at a restaurant and thought "man, I'm totally going to make that at home!" That's exactly what happened with this Fig Balsamic Pizza recipe.

While in Telluride, Colorado the summer of 2019, we had a fig pizza at Brown Dog Pizza. The ingredients were deceptively simple, but I never would've thought to put them together myself. So I knew it was going to be a great candidate for recreating at home.

The first time I tried making this Fig Balsamic Pizza, I started with a store-bought whole wheat crust, pictured above, topped it with fig preserves spread thinly, added purchased vegan mozzarella cheese, then my TVP pepperoni, and, once baked, drizzled it with balsamic glaze. 

It was soooo good!

Now I've started making it with home made oil-free pizza dough. It's so much easier to make than I thought it would be! And after throwing away a couple of store bought dough balls because they overproofed in the fridge, it's much less wasteful. The ingredients are all shelf stable and easy to keep on hand.

And since it's hot outside right now, we've been cooking this on our Traeger Scout Pellet Grill. The smoky flavor it adds is similar to wood-fired pizza. I highly recommend you try grilling pizza if you haven't before.

You'll also see some photos below of this pizza with a broken up Boca Burger instead of my home made TVP pepperoni. Swap out ingredients - it's okay! Whether you decide to make all of the recipes for this Fig Balsamic Pizza or you buy some of those ingredients ready-made I promise the flavor profile is delicious.