Butternut Squash Pizza

Ingredients

• 1 pound pizza dough fresh
• 2 cups baby spinach mixed with arugula and baby spinach <
• 1 small onion sliced ( and carmelized)
• 3 cups butternut squash diced ( into bite-sized pieces)
• 2 tablespoons pinenuts toasted
• 4 slices bacon diced ( to bite sized pieces)
• 4 servings balsamic reduction (recipe at end of post)
• 1 cup manchego cheese or any other nutty, salt grated ( and sprinkled on top)
• 1 pound mozzarella fresh

Equipment

• oven
• pot
• stove

Directions

1. Preheat oven to highest internal temperature.
2. Caramelize the onion by sauteing it over medium heat in oil for about 10-15 minutes on the stove top. Fry bacon while you roll out pizza dough.
3. Break up mozzarella and distribute over rolled out pizza dough
4. Add onion and chopped bacon
5. Add bite sized pieces of squash
6. Add mixed greens
7. Add pine nuts
8. Drizzle balsamic reduction over everything
9. Sprinkle on manchego cheese (or alternative cheese)
10. Pop pizzas in oven (my oven goes to 550 degrees and pizzas take about 5 minutes to cook to my liking.)
11. Balsamic reduction: Boil 1 cup of balsamic vinegar in a small pot for a few minutes until it is reduced by half and thickened.