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KALE PEAR & PROSCIUTTO PIZZA

Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 8 slices

Ingredients
  

  • 1 prepared thin crust pizza round such as Mama Mary’s Ultra Thin Crust
  • 8 oz. chopped fresh kale
  • 2 oz. low fat cream cheese softened
  • 2 oz. freshly shaved Parmesan cheese divided
  • 2 oz. Manchego cheese grated or cut into small pieces
  • 2-3 oz. paper thin prosciutto trimmed of fat
  • 1 ripe pear peel on, cut into slices
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 2 T olive oil
  • 1/4 cup water
  • salt and pepper

Instructions
 

  • Cook kale in a skillet with 1-2 T olive oil and 1/4 cup water. Season with salt and pepper and minced garlic.
  • Cook and stir over medium high heat for a minute, then cover and let steam for a minute.
  • Stir and repeat until kale is soft and cooked down but still bright green, about 5-8 minutes.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Spread cream cheese on pizza crust in an even thin layer.
  • Sprinkle with 1/3 of Parmesan.
  • Arrange cooked kale evenly over crust.
  • Top with Manchego, pears and prosciutto, tearing prosciutto into pieces as you go and discarding any fat.
  • Top with remaining Parmesan.
  • Bake at 400 for 10 minutes directly on oven shelf or on a pizza stone. Makes 1 pizza, 8 slices.
Keyword kale flatbread, pear pizza, Pizza with kale, pear and prosciutto