Caramelized Onion Butternut Squash Pesto Pizza Recipe
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Caramelized Onion Butternut Squash Pesto Pizza Recipe is full of roasted butternut squash, slightly sweet onions, and garden fresh pesto. I’m sure you’ll agree this is a winning flavor combination.
Caramelized Onion Butternut Squash Pesto Pizza Recipe
Butternut Squash is my vegetable of the month! Ever since I had dinner with Sister Schubert where I tried it for the first time, I’ve been craving butternut squash. At Sister’s, we had a Butternut Squash Casserole that was topped with pesto and buttered breadcrumbs. This recipe is in her new cookbook and I didn’t want to duplicate it. The flavor combination was too could repeat in another form though.
I came up with several recipes I want to try for butternut squash. This recipe is one of the first of many I plan to share with you. I did say it’s the vegetable of the month after all.
If you’re trying to get more veggies in your diet try Black Bean Tomato Quinoa Salad with Texas Vinaigrette or Tangy Vinegar Slaw.
Subs and Tips
Caramelized Onion Butternut Squash Pesto Pizza Recipe makes a tasty meatless Monday dinner if you’re into Meatless Monday. I actually go meatless a lot. However, you may want to add one cup chopped, grilled or rotisserie chicken to this recipe if you need more protein. And of course, a sprinkling of chopped crisp bacon makes everything better!
I used feta because I like the tang of feta cheese. If feta isn’t your favorite, try using mozzarella, Monterey jack, or vegan cheese on your pizza.
Furthermore, swap out the butternut squash for yellow squash or zuchini or add your favorite vegetables to it. We love the flavors of an all vegetable pizza. This Veggie Pizza is our go-to.
For the pizza dough
I used my very favorite, never fail, easy pizza crust as the crust. If you want to jack up the nutrition factor, even more, you can use my Whole Wheat Pizza Crust. A pizza full of vegetables, I thought, was enough….don’t want to shock my system!
Not comfortable with making your own pizza crust? Large grocery stores sometimes have frozen pizza dough in the freezers. My Kroger used to have this dough, when it quit carrying it, I started making my own.
Another option would be to ask your home town pizza store if they’ll sell your dough. A lot of them do. I’ve done this too. Then there is always the pizza dough in a can in the refrigerator section of your store or this kind usually down the spaghetti sauce/pasta aisle.
Caramelized Onion Butternut Squash Pesto Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
- pizza dough for one 12 to 14 inch pizza
- 1 cup roasted butternut squash cubed (more if you like)
- 1 ounce feta* cheese more if you like
- 2 cups sliced onions slow cooked to caramelize
- ⅓ cup pesto prepared or homemade
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook onions and roast squash.
- Spread dough to 12 to 14 inch circle. I prefer a thin crust, but if you like thicker go with what you like.
- Spread pesto evenly over crust.
- Top with onions and squash.
- Crumble feta over top.
- Cook at 450 degrees F for 18 to 20 minutes or until crust begins to brown around edges.
- Cool on a wire rack to prevent bottom from becoming soft. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
Oh wow! It came out so good! Thanks for the recipe!
The combination of flavors is so satisfying! I love to make this again for our family picnic. YUM!
What an easy delicious lunch! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. I had to protect my slice carefully, because the others polished off all the other pieces in nothing flat. lol I’d say it was a hit!