Easy Appetizer: Gorgonzola, Fig and Roasted Pears

This easy to prepare appetizer with Gorgonzola and Fontina cheese, Prosciutto, and fresh sliced pears, can also be served as a pizza.

Gorgonzola and Roasted Pear Appetizers

Crust
1 (13.8-oz.) can refrigerated pizza crust

Topping
2 cups (8-oz.) grated Fontina cheese
1 cup (4-oz.) crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
1/4 cup fine diced red onion
1 cup fine diced Prosciutto
1 ripe-firm Bartlett pear, cored and sliced (unpeeled)
8 dried mission figs, stemmed and coarse chopped

Directions
Preheat oven to 400° F. Spray 15×10x1-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Unroll dough; place in prepared pan. Starting at center, press out dough with hands to edge of pan. Bake at 400° F. for 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown.

Remove crust from oven. Sprinkle Fontina, Gorgonzola, onion, and Prosciutto evenly over partially baked crust. Top with sliced pears and chopped figs. Return to oven; bake an additional 11 to 16 minutes or until edges of crust are golden brown. Cut into squares. 20 appetizer servings.

An original recipe from your Simple Cook

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