Butternut Squash Pizza
By: Sweetwatercooks
Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 - 5:08pm

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

Preparation

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.