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homecooksuperstar:

This savory pizza is actually my own creation - so the recipe isn’t as exact as one coming from a test kitchen. And I make it a little different each time. But here is the process for the base, along with some suggestions and notes.

Ingredients

Pizza Dough (For most things I’m all about making it from scratch. For pizza dough, I use Trader Joe’s because it is amazing and costs 99 cents.)

1 can pure pumpkin (I use Libby’s. You should too!)

Sugar (probably about 3 Tablespoons per can of pumpkin)

Garlic, two cloves minced

Heavy cream

Fresh ricotta

Pancetta, sliced into strips

Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Kosher Salt

Cracked Pepper

Directions

- Heat oven to 425

- Roll out dough according to directions (You can see in the picture that @dens didn’t have a rolling pin, but Josette did a great job using a bottle of rice wine vinegar)

- Mix pumpkin with a heavy cream until smooth. (Because my motto is “Burrata is the new black” I thought I’d fold it into the mixture. It was a waste of a really nice 8 oz of expensive cheese because it didn’t add anything to the taste or texture)

- Add garlic into pumpkin and season with sugar, salt, garlic. (Had I remembered rosemary, I would’ve certainly added that to the mixture. But add what your taste buds indicate it missing)

- Spread pumpkin onto dough leaving a 3/4 inch border for the crust

- Top with dollops of fresh ricotta leaving about a half inch between each dollop

- Wrap pancetta strips around each dollop, making sure to cover as much of the pumpkin as possible. (When serving vegetarians, I make one pizza without pancetta, replacing it with spinach)

- Give the cheese dollops a little pat down and lightly sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.

- Scatter a pinch of kosher salt and cracked pepper over the pizza and bake for 20 minutes or until the crust has risen and started to brown.

This pizza is one of my personal favorites when having people over last minute. Everyone loves it and is so impressed thinking you’ve slaved all day. Enjoy and let me know if you make it!