Fig, Feta, and Carmelized Onion Pizza

My dad got his first job at one of his company's research stations in a small town in Louisiana. We moved from Louisiana before I turned four, but I still remember the figs that grew in the area. When I moved to Virginia, I somehow found the same type of figs growing here that I remembered from Louisiana. When I was out and about recently, I found a roadside produce stand selling figs. The woman running the stand told me about this fig and caramelized onion pizza, and I was drooling before I had finished paying for my figs. I looked around online to see how other people have made this pizza, and I gave it a try.

I was a little nervous about how it would taste, so I made a backup pizza as well. I made my own dough using a recipe similar to this one from Epicurious. I split my dough into fourths, and made two small pizzas. For the fig pizza, I caramelized the onions first, and combined them with feta, dried thyme, and halved fresh figs.

Back-up black olive, sausage, and green pepper pizza.

Gratuitous close-up

The figs softened slightly from baking, and overall, it was pretty good. I think the key to fresh figs is when they are almost over ripe. These were good, but weren't as sweet as I remember.