Grab the pizza peel, this fig and prosciutto pizza will provide you with a super delicious sweet and salty taste that will have you getting seconds. Enjoy this thinly sliced pizza at home recipe with your family!

This is a gourmet pizza idea that’s salty, sweet, and so delicious. Enjoy this fancy pizza recipe for an easy family dinner or game day!
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Why fig and prosciutto pizza is great to makeโฆ
- It easily feeds a family! If youโre cooking dinner for more than two, this is a pizza is a good direction to go.ย
- Itโs versatile! You can use fresh homemade or premade dough from the grocery store for this recipe.ย
- You can be creative! Donโt have all the ingredients or toppings for this recipe on hand? No problem, you can use or substitute a wide variety of toppings like fig jam, fresh arugula or fresh mozzarella.ย
- New to cooking Fig and Prosciutto Pizza? See my step by step video for beginners (scroll to bottom of page).ย
Ingredients
Hereโs what you need to make Fig and Prosciutto Pizza. Itโs based off a pizza I enjoyed, mutliple times, at a pizza place near meโฆ
For caramelizing onions for pizza
- onion (red onion / white or yellow onion, even shallots will work beautifully)
- garlic
- olive oil
For making garlic butter sauce for pizza
- butter
For assembling fig and prosciutto pizza
- pizza dough (store bought or homemade pizza dough)
- flour
- pesto (optional)
- crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
- cheese, Italian blend or similar
- goat cheese crumbles
- prosciutto
- dried figs
How to make fig and prosciutto pizza
Now Iโll walk you through it…
Quick look at Fig and Prosciutto Pizza recipe
- Preheat the oven and prepare the caramelized onions and fig pizza toppings.
- Stretch pizza dough and parbake dough with garlic sauce on it for 7 minutes at 450 degrees F.
- Add fig and caramelized onion toppings to the parbaked pizza and finish baking for 10-12 minutes until crisp on the bottom.
- Remove the fig pizza from the oven and top with prosciutto and balsamic glaze. Enjoy!
Detailed recipe steps
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F, with a baking stone inside of it, or to the temperature recommended by your pizza stone. Alternatively, add a baking sheet pan to the oven to make a more organic shape pizza or rectangle pizza.
- Caramelize onions for fig prosciutto pizza. To a medium or large skillet on the stove, add onions, garlic, and olive oil. Heat on medium-high for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally (about every 1-2 minutes). Either turn off heat, or keep caramelizing them, on medium-low for about 5 minutes more, stirring occasionally, until they reach your desired level of caramelization. Remove from heat once done cooking.
- Set aside part of the caramelized onions for topping the pizza. Transfer ยพ of the cooked onions to a bowl and set aside. Leave the other ยผ onions in the pan with remaining oil.
- Make garlic butter sauce. Add butter to the skillet that still has the remaining onions (and garlic, obviously!). Melt on low / medium then turn off heat and remove pan from the hot burner to cool.
- Stretch dough. See Sip Bite Go pizza dough stretching guide for tips if youโre new to making pizza at home. I recommend letting the dough come to room temperature and I use a little flour to help stretch the dough.
- Prep the pizza base. Add a little olive oil (brush it all over the surface) to the preheated pizza stone or baking sheet. (If using a baking sheet, line it with parchment paper first.) Add pizza dough on top. (donโt try to force a shape to help prevent holes in the dough).
- Add the white sauce. Then get the garlic butter pizza sauce from the stove and brush the melted butter on the perimeter of the pizza crust. This will help it turn golden brown. Drizzle every last drop of the rest of the garlic butter sauce with caramelized onions (the part youโve been saving in the pan) to the pizza base. Brush all over to cover the pizza dough.
- Baking part 1 (just the base). Bake fig prosciutto pizza in the oven for 7 minutes in the oven to parbake the pizza dough with the buttery garlic sauce. Remove from the oven and keep the oven on (with the door closed).
- Optional flavor booster step. To the parbaked pizza, add dollops of pesto and spread them out to form thin layers. (Personally, I donโt feel you have to completely cover the base. I think itโs more exciting to bite into pesto here and there as youโre eating the pizza.) Add a sprinkle of red pepper flakes, if desired.
- Add toppings. Add cheeses, the rest of the sauteed onions from the beginning step, then little pinches of prosciutto, and a sprinkle of figs. Get artistic with it!
- Baking part 2. Bake pizza with toppings until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown. This will take anywhere from 7 to 10 to 12 minutes depending on your oven and the pizza stone or sheet pan youโre using to cook pizza.
- Remove fig and prosciutto pizza from the oven. Add a drizzle of balsamic glaze and fresh basil. Slice and serve when cool enough to enjoy.
FAQs
It will take you about 20 minutes in total to bake this pizza in a 450 degree F oven using a pizza stone. Times to finish will adjust based on the hot spots in your oven.ย
In this recipe, I used dry figs. If you have access to fresh figs, then definitely use them! Also, if you donโt have a balsamic glaze on hand, you can easily make one by reducing balsamic vinegar on the stove in a saucepan. Just let the balsamic vinegar simmer until thickened.ย
Another great topping to add to this pizza is fresh arugula. Feel free to sub the cheeses too. You can add in fresh mozzarella (or burrata like on this peach salad recipe) instead of the goat cheese.ย
The Perfect Pizza Setup
Want to make restaurant style pizza at home? I’ve got you covered! Here are some of my top tips, tricks, secret ingredients and tools for a pizza night everyone will look forward to, again and again.
- NEVER do this… Contrary to what most people believe, when baking pizza on a sheet pan, never add toppings to raw pizza dough. Instead, follow my recipe for making homemade pizza with ready made dough, which will teach you how to par bake pizza dough first.
- Get help from secret ingredients…
– This dough seasoning is the secret to real Italian-tasting homemade pizza dough.
– Add pizza seasoning to store bought pizza sauce. This makes the pizza taste really fresh! - Herbs are for after… In my weekly pizza making practice, I’ve found that fresh herbs, like basil, need to be added to pizza after the pizza is done baking (so the herbs don’t wilt).
- Buy fresh dough and get amazing results. Yup, fresh dough from grocery stores is one of my favorite short-cuts. Learn how to use fresh Trader Joe’s pizza dough and Whole Foods pizza dough with my tutorials.
- Frozen pizza can taste amazing, too!! Learn how to spruce it up with this recipe for pizza using frozen crust.
- Slice pizza pies like a chef with just a few swipes, using big ol’ pizza cutters.
- Want to grill pizza? Here are some pizza grilling tools to check out.
- Do you really need to cook pizza on the rack? Nope! I basically never do. Here are tools you see me using in my tutorials on cooking pizza in the oven…
– Bake pizza on a rimmed baking pan set to get a beautiful golden brown crust.
– Love crispy crust? Let the air flow with this dishwasher safe pizza pan.
– Get personal – let your fam / friends top their own pies with this set of personal pizza pans.
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Hey home chefs, hope that answers all your questions about Fig and Prosciutto Pizza. Also try this smoked pizza recipe and my favorite way to make homemade pizza.ย
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Equipment
Ingredients
For caramelizing onions for pizza
- ยฝ medium onion diced (red, yellow, about 1 cup)
- 3 cloves garlic diced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
For making garlic butter sauce for pizza
- 3 tbsp butter
For assembling fig and prosciutto pizza
- 1 lb pizza dough store bought or homemade pizza dough ball
- 1 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp pesto optional
- ยผ tsp red pepper flakes crushed (optional)
- 6 oz pizza cheese italian blend or similar
- โ cup goat cheese crumbles
- 2 oz prosciutto
- 10 medium figs dried black, top twig and bottom hard pot chopped off and sliced small
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F, with a baking stone inside of it, or to the temperature recommended by your pizza stone. Alternatively, add a baking sheet pan to the oven to make a more organic shape pizza or rectangle pizza.
- Caramelize onions for fig prosciutto pizza. To a medium or large skillet on the stove, add onions, garlic, and olive oil. Heat on medium-high for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally (about every 1-2 minutes). Either turn off heat, or keep caramelizing them, on medium-low for about 5 minutes more, stirring occasionally, until they reach your desired level of caramelization. Remove from heat once done cooking.
- Set aside part of the caramelized onions for topping the pizza. Transfer ยพ of the cooked onions to a bowl and set aside. Leave the other ยผ onions in the pan with remaining oil.
- Make garlic butter sauce. Add butter to the skillet that still has the remaining onions (and garlic, obviously!). Melt on low / medium then turn off heat and remove pan from the hot burner to cool.
- Stretch dough. See Sip Bite Go pizza dough stretching guide for tips if youโre new to making pizza at home. I recommend letting the dough come to room temperature and I use a little flour to help stretch the dough.
- Prep the pizza flatbread base. Add a little olive oil (brush it all over the surface) to the preheated pizza stone or baking sheet. (If using a baking sheet, line it with parchment paper first.) Add pizza dough on top. (donโt try to force a shape to help prevent holes in the dough).
- Add the white sauce. Then get the garlic butter pizza sauce from the stove and brush the melted butter on the perimeter of the pizza crust. This will help it turn golden brown. Drizzle every last drop of the rest of the garlic butter sauce with caramelized onions (the part youโve been saving in the pan) to the pizza base. Brush all over to cover the pizza dough.
- Baking part 1 (just the base). Bake fig prosciutto pizza in the oven for 7 minutes in the oven to parbake the pizza dough with the buttery garlic sauce. Remove from the oven and keep the oven on (with the door closed).
- Optional flavor booster step. To the parbaked pizza, add dollops of pesto and spread them out to form thin layers. (Personally, I donโt feel you have to completely cover the base. I think itโs more exciting to bite into pesto here and there as youโre eating the pizza.) Add a sprinkle of red pepper flakes, if desired.
- Add toppings. Add cheeses, the rest of the sauteed onions from the beginning step, then little pinches of prosciutto, and a sprinkle of figs. Get artistic with it!
- Baking part 2. Bake pizza with toppings until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown. This will take anywhere from 7 to 10 to 12 minutes depending on your oven and the pizza stone or sheet pan youโre using to cook pizza.
- Remove fig and prosciutto pizza from the oven. Add a drizzle of balsamic glaze and fresh basil. Slice and serve when cool enough to enjoy.
Barbara Van Houten says
Made this pizza tonight and it was a big hit!! It is delicious and will definitely make it again and again! The sauce is delicious, I added homemade pistachio pesto, and the prosciutto and figs from my fig tree. Easy directions. Thank you!!