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Ingredients:

• 6 tablespoons warm water (may need up to 1 or 2 tablespoons more water)
• 2 tablespoons white wine
• 3/4 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon honey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups flour, plus some for dusting
• Cornmeal
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large sweet onion, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
• 1/8 pound prosciutto

Directions:

Whisk wine, water and yeast in a medium bowl until yeast has dissolved. Add honey, salt and olive oil and stir. Add flour and no matter how dry it looks, work it with a spoon and your fingers until it comes together as a dough. Add more water one tablespoon at a time if you need, but in my experience, this is almost never necessary. Sprinkle some flour on the counter and knead the dough for a minute or two. Put the dough in a oiled dish, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rise for an hour or up to two, until it is doubled.

While the pizza is rising, heat the oil in a large skillet. Add the onions and saute over low heat (you should just barely hear a sizzle) for 30 minutes, until the onions start to brown. Add the sugar and vinegar and cook for another 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and set aside.

Preheat your oven to its highest temperature. If you have a pizza stone, sprinkle it with cornmeal and put it in the oven. Otherwise, sprinkle a baking pan with the same.

Once the dough has doubled, turn it out onto a floured counter and gently deflate the dough with the palm of your hands. Form it into a ball and let it rest on a floured spot with either plastic wrap over it (sprinkle the top of the dough with flour so it doesn’t stick) or an upended bowl. In 15 minutes, it is ready to roll out. Do so on the floured counter until pretty darn thin, then lift it onto a cornmeal-sprinkled baking sheet or pizza paddle. Add ricotta, caramelized onions, and prosciutto. Allow to rest for 20 minutes before sliding the pizza from the paddle to your preheated pizza stone, or just put the baking sheet in the oven as is.

Bake for about 10 minutes, checking at 7. Slice and serve immediately.

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