Pizza with Pear & Pancetta

Salty pancetta and sweet pear plus melty cheese makes for such a wonderfully balanced pizza. That’s it. Pizza dough, cheese, pancetta, and pear. That’s it. So, basically dinner is brought to you by the letter P.

The Three Bite Rule - Pear & Pancetta Pizza

Ingredients:

Pizza dough
1 cup Pancetta
1 pear
1 1/2 cup shredded Mozarella cheese

Directions:

Preheat the oven and pizza stone (if using one) to 400 degrees.
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook the pancetta to crisp. Then drain.
The Three Bite Rule - Pear & Pancetta Pizza
Spread the dough out onto a pan, poke a few holes into the dough. Cook for 5-8 minutes to lightly browned.
In the same pan as the pancetta, saute the pear for about 5 minutes over low heat just to soften a little.
The Three Bite Rule - Pear & Pancetta Pizza
Then top the dough with cheese, pear, and pancetta.
The Three Bite Rule - Pear & Pancetta Pizza
Bake for 5-8 minutes more until the cheese melts.
The Three Bite Rule - Pear & Pancetta Pizza

The little one picked off all the pancetta, ate that first, then the pears, then was full. I loved the sweet and subtle pear with the very salty pancetta. I’d totally make this again. Seriously, these few ingredients are just born to go together.

The Three Bite Rule - Pear & Pancetta Pizza

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