This savory apple gorgonzola pizza is made with sautéed apples over mozzarella and gorgonzola cheeses, and is topped with a fig jam and pecans.

apple gorgonzola pizza with a slice cut out

Who else love fruit pizza?

I grew up eating lots of fruit pizzas, but always for dessert. There was a local pizza place close to home that made an amazing apple dessert pizza.

It wasn't until I was in my twenties that I tried a savory fruit pizza, and I was hooked.

The combination of strongly flavored cheeses with sweet, delicious fruit is fantastic. I love it on this arugula pizza with roasted grapes and on this gorgonzola pizza with jam. But the first savory fruit pizza I tried was this apple gorgonzola pizza.

This pizza is made with thinly sliced apples, lots of cheese, chopped pecans, and a little jam.

I've had this apple pizza recipe for years, and have been tweaking it little by little. This is my favorite version.

What If I Can't Find Gorgonzola Cheese?

This pizza also works perfectly with any type of blue cheese.

Should I Use Thin Crust or Classic Crust?

Classic.

I normally go for thin crust, and that just doesn't work with this pizza.

Thin-style crust is too flimsy for these heavy toppings.

Stick with a slightly thicker dough that can support the weight of the apples. But it doesn't have to be deep-dish.

If you buy pre-made dough, look for original or classic crust.

The pizza dough in the photos is frozen pizza dough I found at Trader Joe's.

How to Make an Apple Gorgonzola Pizza

Start by thinly slicing the apples.

Don't make those weighty apple toppings any heavier than they have to be!

Add the apples to a pan with a little melted butter.

Cook the apples for a few minutes, and then add a little orange juice.

Cover the pan, and cook the apples until they're tender.

Next, add the cheese to your pizza dough.

Sprinkle it out evenly across the dough.

Next, add the cooked apple slices to the pizza.

Add them concentrically to make them look pretty.

Try to avoid lots of overlap when you add the sliced apples to the pizza.

If you overlap the apple slices a lot, they will fall off the pizza, because there won't be cheese beneath each slice.

Sliding pizza toppings are pretty tragic! That said, a tiny bit of overlapping apples is a-okay.

Thin a little jam with warm water (or the leftover orange juice), and drizzle it across the apples.

I like to use fig jam, but orange marmalade will work perfectly.

Sprinkle chopped pecans over the toppings.

Drizzle Pizza with Jam + Top with Pecans

Bake your pizza until the cheese is melted and the crust is golden.

When you pull the pizza out of the oven, you need to let it rest for a few minutes before serving.

Freshly baked pizza smells amazing, and I always want to eat it right away.

With this pizza, though, waiting matters.

The cheese needs to cool slightly and harden, because that's what will hold the apple slices in place.

Let the pizza cool slightly, and then dig in and enjoy the cheesy apple deliciousness.

If you like to serve your pizza along with a salad, I recommend this tomato corn salad (in summer), a shaved brussels sprouts salad (in fall), or this spinach mandarin orange salad (in winter or spring).

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