Butternut Squash Pizza with Prosciutto and Caramelized Onions

Substances + Substitutions

All parts are within the recipe card.

• Butternut Squash – Reduce into small cubes for roasting. You may substitute with any fall or winter squash like pumpkin, acorn, or blue hubbard.
• Kosher Salt and Coarse Black Pepper – For seasoning the squash with some olive oil.
• Pizza Dough – For those who don’t wish to make do-it-yourself pizza dough you should use a store-bought model. For a 12-inch pizza, you need the dough to weigh between 260 – 300 grams. Sure, grams!
• Garlic Oil – We combine further virgin olive oil with a clove of crushed garlic for a do-it-yourself oil versus utilizing a pizza sauce. Consider me, that garlic oil will complement the squash and prosciutto so effectively!
• Prosciutto – You can even use every other cured salami for the added salty taste however we like prosciutto the very best. It will get good and crispy when cooked on the pizza.
• Caramelized Onions – The added texture and sweetness from the onions is a superb stability to the squash. We like utilizing crimson onions versus yellow or white. However you’ll be able to caramelize any onion that you just like.
• Mozzarella Cheese – Any gentle melty cheese is nice, we favor contemporary mozzarella (packed in water) versus shredded low moisture.

Preparation

Earlier than making the pizza, put together the important thing elements so all the pieces is prepared earlier than assembling. A lot of this will even be achieved the day earlier than in order for you some superior preparation.

• Dice up the butternut squash. We like to start out with a pointy knife and reducing squash in half. Take away the seeds and pulp with a big spoon. Then take away the pores and skin and discard or compost. Slice the squash into small cubes. You want about one cup, or 1 / 4 of 1 squash, per pizza.
• Make garlic oil by putting 1/4 cup of additional virgin olive oil in a small bowl. Then use a garlic press or a knife to finely crush the garlic and place it in oil.
• Put together your do-it-yourself dough. Be certain the dough is at room temperature earlier than baking so it’s straightforward to show right into a pizza spherical. If the dough is simply too chilly it gained’t stretch.

Making The Butternut Squash Pizza

It might look like plenty of steps, nevertheless it’s fairly easy. We simply wish to pre-roast the squash after which caramelize some onions earlier than assembling the pizzas. This may all be achieved upfront.

Roast Butternut Squash

Pre-roasted butternut squash in smaller chunks helps with the tender texture on the pizza. For those who simply throw uncooked squash chunks on the pizza it gained’t roast up sufficient whereas pizza is cooking. That is very true if making Neapolitan or high-heat pizzas.

1. Preheat your oven to 400 levels Fahrenheit. We use the identical temperature if we’re cooking inside within the oven or an outside pizza oven.
2. In a big bowl place the items of butternut squash after which season with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Toss to mix. Place on a baking sheet and bake squash for 15 -20 minutes or till it’s tender and gentle. There might be some slight browning.
3. Take away from oven. You need to use instantly or let cool and retailer in an hermetic container previous to utilizing on the pizza.

Caramelize Onions

Reduce up one crimson onion into skinny slices. In a big forged iron skillet over medium warmth add butter and olive oil and add the onions. Stir sometimes till they’re a darkish shade. Add a contact of kosher salt. This could take roughly half-hour for a small onion, you’ll be able to observe our full information on caramelize onions.

Assemble The Pizza

1. Sprinkle flour on a big reducing board or wood pizza peel. We advocate utilizing both semolina or bread flour, however you should use all goal flour too. 
2. Lay out the pizza dough and press the dough flat from the within out to start stretching it. Because the dough continues to widen, decide it up and use your arms like you might be driving a steering wheel to stretch it out to 12-inches.
3. Transferred the pizza to a peel after which brush the bottom with garlic oil inside 1″ of the rim, then layer with mozzarella cheese, roasted butternut squash cubes, caramelized onions, prosciutto, and sage.

Indoor Kitchen Oven Directions

• Place a pizza stone within the middle oven rack and preheat the oven to 550 levels. When the oven reaches temperature, enable the stone to proceed to heat for an extra 20 minutes earlier than placing the pizza on it. This enables your entire stone to be actually scorching.
• Slide the pizza together with your peel onto the preheated stone. Shut the oven door and bake for six minutes. Then rotate the pizza 180 levels and end for an extra 6 minutes.

Non-obligatory Ending Concepts

You may high the pizza with Maldon salt or attempt a ending glaze like aged balsamic and even scorching honey.

Beneficial Instruments

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