Name: Pizzette with Roast Pumpkin, Red Onion, & Sage
Yield: Makes 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ⅞ cup [200 ml] lukewarm water; 1 Tbsp olive oil, plus extra for oiling; Fine semolina, for dusting; Grated zest of 1 lemon (optional); Handful of sage leaves; 1 tsp sea salt; 4 Tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling; 1 tsp active dry yeast; 1 red onion, sliced; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1¾ cups [250 g] white bread flour; 1½ tsp sea salt; 1 tsp superfine sugar; 18 oz [500 g] pumpkin, seeded and sliced into crescents

Preparation info

Makes
2

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

V is for Vegan

By Kerstin Rodgers

Published 2015

About

I made these for an Eat, Pray, Love supper club, commissioned by the film distributors. The film’s protagonist, played by Julia Roberts, was depressed even though she had a) a lovely husband b) a gorgeous lover c) a great job as a successful writer. She recovered by going to Italy and eating great pizza. In the film. I’m not sure Julia Roberts ever eats pizza irl. These pizzette have a seasonal, autumnally inspired topping. It’s a great recipe for Ha