Butternut Squash Pizza with Prosciutto and Caramelized Onions

Components + 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 – In case you don’t wish to make selfmade pizza dough you should utilize 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 selfmade oil versus utilizing a pizza sauce. Consider me, that garlic oil will complement the squash and prosciutto so effectively!
• Prosciutto – You can too use some other cured salami for the added salty taste however we like prosciutto the perfect. 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 purple onions versus yellow or white. However you may caramelize any onion that you just like.
• Mozzarella Cheese – Any gentle melty cheese is nice, we desire 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 accomplished the day earlier than if you need some superior preparation.

• Dice up the butternut squash. We like to start out with a pointy knife and chopping 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 selfmade dough. Make sure the dough is at room temperature earlier than baking so it’s straightforward to show right into a pizza spherical. If the dough is just too chilly it received’t stretch.

Making The Butternut Squash Pizza

It might appear to be a whole lot of steps, however 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 accomplished upfront.

Roast Butternut Squash

Pre-roasted butternut squash in smaller chunks helps with the tender texture on the pizza. In case you simply throw uncooked squash chunks on the pizza it received’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 smooth. There shall be some slight browning.
3. Take away from oven. You should use instantly or let cool and retailer in an hermetic container previous to utilizing on the pizza.

Caramelize Onions

Reduce up one purple onion into skinny slices. In a big forged iron skillet over medium warmth add butter and olive oil and add the onions. Stir often till they’re a darkish coloration. Add a contact of kosher salt. This could take roughly half-hour for a small onion, you may comply with our full information on methods to caramelize onions.

Assemble The Pizza

1. Sprinkle flour on a big chopping board or wood pizza peel. We advocate utilizing both semolina or bread flour, however you should utilize all objective 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, choose it up and use your arms like you’re 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 heart oven rack and preheat the oven to 550 levels. When the oven reaches temperature, permit the stone to proceed to heat for a further 20 minutes earlier than placing the pizza on it. This permits the complete stone to be actually sizzling.
• 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 a further 6 minutes.

Non-obligatory Ending Concepts

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

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