Oh man, the last few days have been bonkers. We are moving back into our house right now and I just don’t understand how we have so much STUFF!!??? It’s like no matter how much stuff we get rid of, there is just more and more crap bubbling to the surface. Oh and then just in case we cleared out to much clutter, my mom and I took a nice long drive out to Ikea. OH. MY. Gawd.
Ikea is just so good. And so dangerous. I needed book cases for my daughters playroom, and I was like having an internal monologue about how I didn’t need anything else. But that didn’t really work out. After my mom and I filled our carts with an astounding amount of things we just couldn’t live without and spent about a million dollars, I obviously had to wash it all down with a big old bag of cheap Swedish fish. That’s Ikea for you.
So after a loooong afternoon of putting Ikea bookshelves together, I wanted to make an easy dinner. On Monday I had made a big old batch of pizza dough, so I had enough to make a kid pizza and then there was enough for a “grown up pizza”. And because we are finally officially into fall, I feel ok about the fact that this is my first (of many) Pumpkin recipes of the season. Joy.
I loved this pizza with sautéed chunks of sugar pumpkin, salty prosciutto and peppery arugula. Plus, if you can do cheese, I Would do goat cheese or fresh mozzarella for a delicious addition- but it is seriously so good even without it! I used my favorite gluten free pizza crust, but you could use whatever your favorite variety is.
Recipe: Pumpkin, Prosciutto and Arugula Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 ½ cups fresh pumpkin chunks (no skin)
- kosher salt
- 1 recipe pizza dough (I used The Best Gluten Free Pizza Crust)
- Olive oil
- 1/3 -1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 3 ounces prosciutto
- 1 shallot, thinly sliced
- ½ cup fresh arugula
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- In a heavy skillet, add the olive oil and then the pumpkin and sprinkle with kosher salt. Cook over medium heat until lightly browned and tender, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
- Prepare your pizza crust according to these directions. Drizzle with olive oil and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Spread the tomato sauce, and then add the pumpkin, prosciutto and shallot (and cheese if desired). Drizzle the crust with olive oil again and bake at 400 for another 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle with arugula and slice and serve hot.
Preparation time: 20 minute(s)
Cooking time: 20 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 8
Fabulous Fall pizza! These flavors are my favorite!
Great transition dish fromsummer into fall with the prosciutto and pumpkin together! Will tey on the grill!
This is my kind of pizza, a great combo of flavors! I prefer pizza with a few great ingredients rather than a gazillion toppings.
Love pumpkin pizzas! So yum!
Love this pizza, perfect fall flavors!
Totally need this for dinner!
I am in love with this pizza! So many delicious flavors, it looks fantastic! Also good luck to you with moving back in!
This is so amazing and clever! Love it!
Hi Heather! Is the tomato sauce that you used just regular jarred red tomato sauce? I’m probably seeing things, but in your photos I could swere the first layer under the arugula, pumpkin chunks, etc…looks more yellowish/orangeish; almost like pumpkin purée? Am I way off?? LOL! I would love to make this. So interesting and delicious looking. Thank you!
Wowww~ it’s look Great! i’d love to using it recipe!!
Hi Heather! Is the tomato sauce that you used just regular jarred red tomato sauce? I’m probably seeing things, but in your photos I could swere the first layer under the arugula, pumpkin chunks, etc…looks more yellowish/orangeish; almost like pumpkin purée? Am I way off? I would love to make this, but am a little unclear of that one question regarding the “tomato sauce”. This looks so interesting and delicious looking. Thank you!
Hi Danielle- a bunch of people have asked this! I just made homemade tomato sauce and used heirloom tomatoes- so it looks orange- but really it is just tomato sauce 🙂
Ohhhhh! Ok!! I understand now! I was so perplexed because the pics were showing such an orange-ishy color for the layered sauce on the bottom, but now I completely get why! Thank you very much for the response! Really appreciate you taking the time to do that. I will make this for sure. So creative and tasty looking at the same time! Thanks, again!
I love Ikea and always spend more than I intend, but as you said, “That’s Ikea for you”. Love the pizza – prosciutto, pumpkin and argula — good times!
Oh yeah Naomi- the kids have the most tricked out play room ever right now. Oh Ikea….
It’s always amazing to see how much stuff you collect over the years and it always becomes apparent when you have to move! This pizza is everything I dream about in a fall pizza, delicious!
can’t wait to try this pizza. I am going to use butternut squash.
This is so gorgeous and I love the spicy arugula with the pumpkin and prosciutto. Great flavors!
-Jamie
Anything with pineapple and prosciutto yaaaassssaaaaa.
Oh my goodness! Very delicious recipe 🙂