Pumpkin Pie Pizza
The sweetness of the pumpkin is front and center here but the ricotta salata shines through, too, lending a wonderful salty component.
Servings: 1 pizza
Ingredients
- Dough for 1 round 12-inch pizza
- 100 grams fresh mozzarella, torn or cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1/2 cup Roasted Pumpkin
- 1/4 cup Caramelized Onions
- Coarse sea salt
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons Homemade Breadcrumbs
- Freshly grated ricotta salata
- 1 grate of whole nutmeg
Instructions
- Stretch the dough. Transferred to a floured peel.
- Distribute the mozzarella, pumpkin, and onions evenly to the edge of the raised border. Season with salt and drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake for 6 to 7 minutes
- Dust with breadcrumbs and the ricotta salata. Grate over the nutmeg and serve immediately.
Notes
Excerpted from Joy of Pizza by Dan Richer with Katie Parla. Copyright © 2021 by Dan Richer. Photographs by Eric Wolfinger. Illustrations by Katie Shelly. Used with permission of Voracious, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company. New York, NY. All rights reserved.