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Healthy Vegan - Black Bursa Figs Mozzarella Pizza Tart

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It's a a pizza kind of day.   Except this is not a pizza, its more of a tart.   I made this a few weeks back with what is a luxury fruit in our home: fresh Turkish Black Bursa Figs.   I was a little unsure when D picked these Black Bursa Figs, as we had plums falling in our garden, but he said he wanted something different fruit to eat for a change from the usual apples, bananas and oranges.  I then thought fair enough we don't eat fresh figs much, only if we go overseas to places like Turkey or Cyprus.   The figs are squat like in shape and much darker in colour, deep purple and nearly black in places. They made for a nice change, but we had way too many and they were super ripe and fragile to the touch.   I decided to make a pizza like tart.  I spread a little green basil pesto on the base, topped it with slices of figs then dotted it with some mozzarella balls (you can use a vegan alternative if you want).  Then it went into the ...