Now. The idea of cooking grapes (especially savory grapes) probably sounds totally whak-o to many of you, but stick with me. You’ve probably eaten (or considered eating) sweet fruits like pineapple with grilled chicken, or mangoes in salsa. Right? Roasting grapes is kind of like roasting tomatoes . I’m giving them a quick bath in olive oil (not to sound pushy, but if you haven’t tried our Rosemary Olive Oil you probably need to. It’s my #1 favorite and amaaaazing here) and a sprinkle of kosher salt and a few snips of fresh rosemary.
Grapes have an extremely high natural sugar content, so roasting causes them to burst and the sugar caramelizes and they’re super sweet and flavorful. I can’t really explain it- you just need to try it! These are awesome over grilled meats, or on top of a toasted baguette spread with goat cheese and drizzled in a balsamic reduction, or…pizza.
I’m using my Neapolitan style pizza dough (the BEST), which you can find, here.
This pizza is so simple. I just drizzled the dough with a little olive oil and sprinkled with some sea salt. Then added some slices of creamy brie, the roasted grapes, and some minced rosemary.
It cooks in just minutes (you can see my go-to cooking methods in that pizza dough post, both my pizza oven and also a standard oven. It would also be great on the grill)
It’s sweet and salty and chewy and creamy and just SO GOOD.
I drizzled mine with rosemary olive oil and blackberry balsamic glaze and that was pretty much the best decision ever. But if you don’t have those, obviously no worries- it’s still super delicious without.
If you like sweet and salty together, you’ll love this.
Pretty sure I finished off that whole thing myself.
Be bold, try something new, eat grape pizza.
