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Summer Squash Pizza

  • Author: Brooklynn Mayolo
  • Prep Time: 25
  • Cook Time: 8
  • Total Time: 33 minutes
  • Yield: 2 1x
  • Category: Pizza
  • Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

Scale

1 portion of pizza dough (150 grams) [Click her for New York pizza dough recipe]

1 tablespoon olive oil with 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano leaves and 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic

2 tablespoons parmesan cheese

2 tablespoons shredded mozzarella 

2 tablespoons fontina

2 tablespoons ricotta cheese

1 cup thinly sliced yellow squash and zucchini 

1 teaspoon pine nuts

1 handful arugula

2 slices prosciutto torn into pieces

1 lemon to zest

Instructions

1. Pre-heat pizza oven according to your pizza oven’s instructions. If using a home oven, preheat to 500 degrees F with a pizza stone inside for at least 30 minutes prior to baking. 

2. Dust your pizza peel with flour, then stretch your pizza dough by hand onto the peel. 

3. Spread the oil, garlic, and oregano over the dough. Sprinkle parmesan, mozzarella, and fontina cheeses. Place small dollops of ricotta cheese evenly across the pizza. Cover the cheese with sliced squash and pine nuts.

4.  Transfer the pizza onto the stone or oven and bake for 8-12 minutes. Crust should be golden and sound hollow when you tap it.

5. Remove from oven and sprinkle with arugula, prosciutto, and lemon zest.

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