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.

Pumpkin, Prosciutto and Arugula Pizza

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.

Pumpkin, Prosciutto and Arugula Pizza

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.

Pumpkin, Prosciutto and Arugula Pizza

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

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  2. 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.
  3. Prepare your pizza crust according to these directions. Drizzle with olive oil and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
  4. 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.
  5. Sprinkle with arugula and slice and serve hot.

Preparation time: 20 minute(s)

Cooking time: 20 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 8

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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.

Pumpkin, Prosciutto and Arugula Pizza

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.

Pumpkin, Prosciutto and Arugula Pizza

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.

Pumpkin, Prosciutto and Arugula Pizza

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

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  2. 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.
  3. Prepare your pizza crust according to these directions. Drizzle with olive oil and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
  4. 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.
  5. Sprinkle with arugula and slice and serve hot.

Preparation time: 20 minute(s)

Cooking time: 20 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 8