Pumpkin, Blue ‘Cheese’ & Walnut Pizza
A delicious way to use up pumpkin after Halloween. Enjoy this unusual twist on a classic dish 🙂
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Total time
90
Meal
- mains
Servings
04-Aug
Ingredients
Dough
- 500g strong white bread flour
- ½ tbsp salt
- 1x7g sachet/1½ tsp of fast action dried yeast
- 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 325ml lukewarm water
Pizza Topping
- 300g (approx.) pumpkin or butternut squash, cut into 1-2cm cubes
- 100-150g dairy-free pesto (eg Sacla, Zest, Meridian or supermarket own brands. If you’re feeling fancy then make a batch of our delicious homemade pesto)
- 100g walnuts
- 200g vegan blue ‘cheese’ (we used Sheeze English style which worked well. If you can’t find blue then any melting vegan cheese is good)
- 150g spinach or kale (with the kale, remove the big stalks and tear into smaller pieces)
- A few sprigs of thyme
Optional extras: caramelised onions, 1-2 cloves garlic (thinly sliced), drizzle olive oil, pinch cayenne pepper
Instructions
Dough
- Sieve the flour and salt into a large bowl and make a well (hole) in the middle.
- In a jug, mix the yeast, sugar, oil and water and leave for a few minutes, then pour into the well.
- Bring the flour in gradually from the sides and whirl it into the liquid using a fork. Keep mixing, drawing larger amounts of flour in, and when it all starts to come together, work the rest of the flour in with your clean, flour-dusted hands. Knead until you have a smooth, springy dough.
- Place the ball of dough in a large flour-dusted bowl and flour the top of it. Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and place in a warm room for about an hour until the dough has doubled in size.
- Now remove the dough to a flour-dusted surface and knead it around a bit to push the air out with your hands. You can either use it immediately, or keep it, wrapped in clingfilm, in the fridge (or freezer) until required.
- If using straight away, divide the dough up into as many little balls as you want to make pizzas – this amount of dough is enough to make about 3-4 medium pizzas.
- Use the dough straight away unless storing.
- Roll out into whatever shape you fancy (circle ish) until the dough is about ½ cm thick. It should be springy but not sticky.
Pizza Toppings
- Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC (fan)/350ºF/Gas Mark 4.
- With a little oil and a light sprinkling of salt, roast the pumpkin or butternut squash for 40 minutes, turning once.
- Once the pumpkin/squash has cooked, increase the oven temperature to Heat oven to 230ºC/450ºF/Gas Mark 8.
- Spread the pesto over the pizza dough so it’s completely covered.
- Evenly distribute the cooked pumpkin/butternut, spinach/kale, walnuts, blue ‘cheese’ and thyme sprigs.
- Place the pizza in the oven for 7-10 minutes.
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