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Pumpkin pizza with melted cheese and fresh sage leaves.

Ingredients

  • Pizza crust fresh and refrigerated (GF or regular)

For the sauce

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 a large onion thinly and evenly sliced
  • 1/2 + 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon divided
  • 1/4 teaspoon ginger powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/16 teaspoon allspice
  • 1/2 cup canned pumpkin purée
  • 2 tablespoons milk of choice (almond milk is fine)
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (dairy-free butter works)

For topping:

  • 2 chicken apple sausage links sliced (omit for vegetarian)
  • 1 cup Gouda cheese grated and tightly packed
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated and tightly packed
  • 12 fresh sage leaves
  • Avocado oil (or any neutral flavored oil) for frying

Instructions

  • Let the pizza dough proof for one hour at room temperature.
    Pumpkin pizza dough proofing in a glass bowl.
  • While the dough proofs, heat the oil up in a medium pan over medium heat. Add in the onions and stir to coat in oil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are brown, soft and caramelized. You may need to turn down the heat half way through.
    Caramelizing sliced onions in a black pan for pumpkin pizza.
  • Once the onions are almost done, stir in 1/2 tsp of the cinnamon and all of the ginger, nutmeg and allspice. Cook until done.
    Cooking sliced onions with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice for pumpkin pizza.
  • Add in the pumpkin, milk, sugar, salt and remaining cinnamon and stir.
    Adding pumpkin, milk, sugar, and salt to onions in a pan for pumpkin pizza.
  • Place the butter in a small sauce pan over medium heat. Cook, stirring frequently until it melts and starts to foam. When it starts to foam, stir it constantly until it turns golden brown.
    Browning butter in a saucepan, stirring it for pumpkin pizza.
  • Once it's brown, immediately remove it from the heat and stir well into the sauce.
    Adding browned liquid to pumpkin pizza sauce in a skillet.
  • Heat a large pan on medium high heat and sear the sliced sausage and both sides until browned, about 1-2 minutes per side.
    Searing sliced sausage in a pan for pumpkin pizza.
  • Heat just enough oil to cover the bottom of a small pan on high heat. Once hot, add in the sage leaves and cook until lightly browned, only about 1 minute. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate.
    Frying fresh sage leaves in oil for the pumpkin pizza.

To assemble

  • Heat your oven to 425-450°F (depending what your pizza dough says).
  • Roll or stretch the dough to fit a pizza pan (you can roll the pizza dough on a large sheet of parchment paper and then put the parchment paper on then pizza pan to make it easier!)
    Hands stretching pizza dough for pumpkin pizza.
  • Spread the pumpkin sauce on the dough, leaving an inch or so around the sides for the crust.
    Spreading pumpkin sauce on the pizza dough for pumpkin pizza.
  • Spread the sausage on top, followed by the cheeses. Finish off with the sage (you can break them up a little if you want to spread them more evenly.)
    Adding fresh sage leaves to a Pumpkin Pizza topped with sauce, sausage, and two cheeses.
  • Bake in the center rack until the crust is brown and the cheese is melted, about 15-20 minutes.
    Baked pumpkin pizza with melted cheese, sausage, and sage leaves.

Nutrition Info:

Calories: 211kcal (11%) Carbohydrates: 4.3g (1%) Protein: 13.2g (26%) Fat: 16g (25%) Saturated Fat: 8.3g (52%) Sodium: 650mg (28%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 2.8g (3%)

Nutrition Disclaimer

Nutrition information are estimates only and may vary based on the specific brands, ingredients, and portion sizes you use. This data is provided for informational purposes only.