Butternut Squash Pizza

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: -1 minutes

Cooking duration: -1 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 pound fresh pizza dough

2 cups mixed greens (I stuck mostly with arugula and baby spinach <

1 small onion (sliced and carmelized)

3 cups roasted butternut squash (diced into bite-sized pieces)

2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts

4 slices bacon (diced to bite sized pieces)

balsamic reduction (recipe at end of post)

1 cup manchego cheese (grated and sprinkled on top) (parmesan or any other nutty, salt

1 pound fresh mozzarella cheese

Equipment:

oven

stove

pot

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat oven to highest internal temperature. Caramelize the onion by sauteing it over medium heat in oil for about 10-15 minutes on the stove top. Fry bacon while you roll out pizza dough. Break up mozzarella and distribute over rolled out pizza dough Add onion and chopped bacon Add bite sized pieces of squash Add mixed greens Add pine nuts Drizzle balsamic reduction over everything Sprinkle on manchego cheese (or alternative cheese) Pop pizzas in oven (my oven goes to 550 degrees and pizzas take about 5 minutes to cook to my liking.) Balsamic reduction: Boil 1 cup of balsamic vinegar in a small pot for a few minutes until it is reduced by half and thickened.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to highest internal temperature.

2. Caramelize the onion by sauteing it over medium heat in oil for about 10-15 minutes on the stove top. Fry bacon while you roll out pizza dough.

3. Break up mozzarella and distribute over rolled out pizza dough

4. Add onion and chopped bacon

5. Add bite sized pieces of squash

6. Add mixed greens

7. Add pine nuts

8. Drizzle balsamic reduction over everything

9. Sprinkle on manchego cheese (or alternative cheese)

10. Pop pizzas in oven (my oven goes to 550 degrees and pizzas take about 5 minutes to cook to my liking.)

11. Balsamic reduction: Boil 1 cup of balsamic vinegar in a small pot for a few minutes until it is reduced by half and thickened.


Nutrition Information:

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925 Calories
46g Protein
51g Total Fat
72g Carbs
22% Health Score
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Calories
925k
46%

Fat
51g
79%

  Saturated Fat
26g
163%

Carbohydrates
72g
24%

  Sugar
11g
13%

Cholesterol
134mg
45%

Sodium
1864mg
81%

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Protein
46g
92%

Vitamin A
13499IU
270%

Calcium
946mg
95%

Vitamin K
78µg
75%

Phosphorus
508mg
51%

Vitamin B12
2µg
45%

Manganese
0.85mg
42%

Selenium
24µg
35%

Vitamin C
27mg
33%

Iron
5mg
28%

Zinc
4mg
28%

Vitamin B2
0.4mg
24%

Magnesium
87mg
22%

Fiber
4g
18%

Potassium
638mg
18%

Folate
70µg
18%

Vitamin E
2mg
17%

Vitamin B6
0.32mg
16%

Vitamin B1
0.24mg
16%

Vitamin B3
2mg
13%

Copper
0.19mg
9%

Vitamin B5
0.75mg
7%

Vitamin D
0.54µg
4%

covered percent of daily need
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