so last week, there i was at work one day, and i got a craving for cheese. like, a yummy cheesy pasta dish. and that made me think of a food52 recipe i had seen, that just looks utterly delicious -- a cheesy pasta with pumpkin in it. omg it looks to die for, and someday i am going to make it. but as i was looking at the recipe for it, i was also hit by a craving for pizza. and so i decided to combine my cravings by making a cheesy butternut squash pizza. triple points because i had almost all of the ingredients in my fridge already. i swear those things all go together.
so i stopped at whole foods, and picked up some of their pizza dough in the refridgerated section. FYI: it is deeeeelicious stuff. i peeled and cut up some butternut squash, and threw it in the oven along with some garlic cloves. an hour later, i mashed the lovely roasted stuffs together. i then stretched the pizza dough out. turns out i am very bad at this. i tried to do it in the air, because how else does one really do it? (i actually dont know, so if you have tips for easier ways to stretch pizza dough out, let me know!) anyway, i didnt really do it effectively, but i like thick dough anyway so thats fine.
so i sprinkled corn meal out on the baking sheet, and then the dough. and i rubbed it with oil. i then spread some fresh mozzerella out, that i had shredded. and then glopped on the mashed butternut squash and garlic. and then i spread out some onions i had caramelized. and then i sprinkled some pancetta i had crisped up. and THEN, i cut some shavings of bucheron on top -- a really delicious goat cheese that i bought at wholefoods the other week in the bin ends basket but didnt actually have anything to do with. threw it in the oven (500 degrees) for about 10 minutes, and it puffed up into deliciousness!! best pizza ever.
the next day, i went with a nice snowday comfort: pot roast (with carrots and onions), mashed potatoes, and roasted veggies. yummmm.
