Pizza with Roasted Eggplant and Goat Cheese

Servings: 2 | Serving size: 1 individual pizza

Cooking Time: 45 Minutes (does not include time to make the pizza dough)

This recipe can be multiplied. Leftovers are good cold for breakfast.

This recipe also requires making Whole Wheat Pizza Dough and Roasted Garlic

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 8 ounces eggplant (cut into 1/2" cubes)
• 1 medium onion (peeled and finely sliced)
• 6 cloves roasted garlic
• 12 grape tomatoes (halved lengthwise)
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 6 large leaves fresh basil (chiffonade)
• 1/8 tsp salt
• fresh ground black pepper to taste
• 1 ounce goat cheese (crumbled)
• 1 ounce Parmigiano-Reggiano (grated)

Place a large skillet in the oven and preheat to 375°F.

After it is hot add the oil.

Add the eggplant and onion to the pan and toss well.

Return the pan to the oven.

Roast the veggies for about 30 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven about every 7 minutes and toss the veggies.

When the eggplant is soft but not mushy remove the pan and place the vegetables in a medium mixing bowl to cool.

Preheat the oven to 500°F.

Pizza is best baked on a pizza stone, but a cookie sheet will work as well. Place the baking stone or cookie sheet in the oven and allow it to heat at least 15 - 20 minutes.

While the baking surface is heating, cut each clove of roasted garlic into quarters.

Add the garlic, tomatoes, olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper to the bowl with the roasted eggplant and onions.

Add the crumbles of goat cheese and fold together gently.

Using 1/4 of the pizza dough recipe (for each pizza) gently stretch into 8-inch rounds. Don't work too hard to get a perfectly round shape.

Once the dough is formed, place it on the hot pizza stone and top with the roasted vegetable mixture.

Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Remove the pizzas from the oven and grate the Parmigiano over the pizzas. Return to the oven for 2 minutes or until the Parmigiano is melted.

Remove from the oven and let it cool for about 90 seconds, slice and serve.