Pizza with Roasted Butternut Squash, Chilli and Mozzarella

Name: Pizza with Roasted Butternut Squash, Chilli and Mozzarella
Yield: Makes 2 30 cm/12 in pizzas
Ingredients: ½ quantity pizza dough; 1 medium red onion, finely sliced; 5-10 ml/1-2 tsp dried red chilli flakes; 90 g /3½ oz mozzarella, well drained; salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper; olive oil, for drizzling; fine ground semolina, for sprinkling; 175 g /6 oz roasted butternut squash (see cook’s tip)

Preparation info

Makes
2
30 cm 12 in pizzas

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Wood-fired Oven Cookbook

By Holly Jones and David Jones

Published 2016

About

The roasted butternut squash on this pizza makes a lovely and unusual topping, and the smoky charred finish it gets in the wood-fired oven suits its earthy texture, especially when complemented by the chilli, red onion and creamy mozzarella.

Ingredients

175 g /6 oz roasted butternut squash (see cook’s tip)
½ quantity

Pizza
Vegetarian

Method

Build up the fire in the oven until it is about 400°C/750°F, this will take about 60 minutes. When it is at temperature, push the fire to the back of the oven with a metal peel or coal hook, and close the oven door to keep the hea