Inverted Pizza with Pears, Goat Cheese and Pistachios

For this inverted pizza, we call on a winning ingredient combination of contrasting flavors: sweet, subtly floral pears and rich, tangy goat cheese. Roasting the pears with shallots balances their sweetness, while pistachios add nutty notes and salty crunch to each bite. Store-bought refrigerated pizza dough makes this pie a breeze to prepare, but for easiest shaping, be sure the dough is at room temperature, not chilled. As a final but optional flourish, sprinkle the savory-sweet pizza with crushed fennel seeds and minced fresh thyme or rosemary.