Cheeseless pizza with pumpkin – Lazy Cat Kitchen

For those who fancy a selfmade pizza with the most effective of autumn’s components, I’ve bought you! Lately, we’ve been stuffing our faces with this cheeseless pizza with pumpkin, balsamic onions, olives, walnuts and kale. It’s very easy to make and soooo scrumptious.

It options tacky (with none cheese) white base flavoured with roasted garlic, topped with candy caramelised pumpkin, salty black olives, tangy balsamic onions, crunchy roasted walnuts and crispy, barely bitter, kale. It’s a pleasant mixture of flavours and textures that complement and distinction with one another very well.

To place this pizza on the desk, I make a batch of this no knead dough the evening earlier than and maintain it within the fridge in a single day to do its factor. On the day all I’ve to do is roast the pumpkin and make the white sauce though each of those components could be made forward of time too, in fact. To simplify issues additional, you possibly can use shop-bought pizza dough if you want, however this no knead dough adapted from Jim Lahey’s recipe requires so little effort that you just’ll be amazed and it’s so good too – I encourage you to present it a go.

Initally, I’d make a giant batch of balsamic onions so as to add some tang to this pizza, however these days I’ve found {that a} good purple onion chutney works simply as effectively and so I do this after I wish to lower down on prep. I used a quintessentially British model known as Tiptree, however any purple onion chutney that options balsamic vinegar on its ingredient listing will work effectively and cut back your workload.

One factor I’m not very joyful about is that whereas this pizza is banging and I stand by it, I’ve not managed to take all images of wished – my apologies. The home is a little bit of a flux as we (Duncan extra exactly) are sanding an outdated wood ground upstairs and we bought right into a little bit of bother with our employed sanding machine. I’ve had to assist out at brief discover so my photoshoot was rushed. The outdated me would have agonised over it a lot and insisted on a reshoot, however the brand new me 🙂 is aware of that life is messy and typically issues occur and so I’m rolling with this recipe as is. I hope you’ll get pleasure from it as a lot as we have now.

This cheeseless pizza is topped with a fast white sauce flavoured with fragrant and mellow roasted garlic, then topped with a beneficiant quantity of roasted pumpkin.

Balsamic onions or purple onion chutney present a pleasant tang and walnuts ship a satisfying crunch.

MORE ABOUT THE COMPONENTS

PIZZA DOUGH: you should use shop-bought pizza dough or make your individual. I opted for this super easy, no-knead dough that requires solely a few stirs and could be proofed in a single day, prepared for baking the subsequent day.

PUMPKIN: use any pumpkin you benefit from the style of. I like butternut squash as its flesh is good and agency and it’s very extensively obtainable the place I stay.

ONIONS: balsamic onion add a lot wanted tang, which enhances the sweetness of pumpkin somewhat effectively. You may make them at residence (see beneath), however I’ve additionally used a shop-bought purple onion chutney as an alternative which is a superb shortcut that reduces your workload properly.

OLIVES: I personally actually like black Kalamata olives on this pizza, however any olives or capers will work effectively.

KALE: I added a smattering of frivolously dressed (in olive oil) kale in direction of the tip of baking time for color, texture and a touch of bitterness, which works effectively with candy pumpkin and onion. In case you are not a fan, merely add contemporary rocket or wilted spinach on after baking.

WALNUTS: walnuts add a scrumptious crunch and pair very well with different autumn-inpired components on this pizza, however you can even use hazelnuts or roasted pumpkin seeds.

CHILLI: I like a sprinkling of delicate, fruity chilli on the finish, however that’s completely non-obligatory. I used smoky urfa chilli flakes, however use no matter chilli you get pleasure from. Alternatively, if you don’t like spicy meals, a dusting of candy smoked paprika is a pleasant contact too.

Use your favorite pizza dough – you should buy it or put together it upfront. I made this easy no knead dough the evening earlier than.

When you portion the dough, roll it out skinny on a effectively floured floor, prime with the sauce, pumpkin cubes, onions and olives and you might be able to bake – kale and walnuts take part in direction of the tip of the baking time.