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Ingredients:

• 1lb. of fresh pizza dough
• 8 tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium eggplant sliced
• ½ yellow onion sliced into pieces
• 2 tbsp. dry sherry
• 1 ball of fresh Mozzarella cheese
• 3 tbsp. Pecorino cheese
• 2 tbsp. minced garlic
• 2 tbsp. sundried tomato paste
• 2 tbsp. black sliced olives
• 1 tbsp. red pepper flakes (optional)

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Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Brush each side of sliced eggplant with olive oil (total of 3 tbsp.). Salt and pepper each side.
3. In a frying pan: add 2 tbsp. of olive oil, onions, sherry, and honey. Sauté for 15 minutes until onions are translucent.
4. In a bowl mix 3 tbsp. of olive oil, with garlic and pecorino cheese. Set aside.
5. Roll-out pizza dough into a round 1” thick in diameter, put on pizza pan.
6. Spread olive and pecorino cheese mixture on pizza dough.
7. Alternate and arrange eggplant and mozzarella slices around the edge of the pizza dough.
8. In the middle of the pizza dough add onions, black olives and sundried tomato paste.
9. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes.
10. Bake at 390 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until crust of pizza is brown.

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