Butternut Squash Pork Pie

Always on the hunt to find uses for butternut squash.  This is a delicious addition to a pizza and there is the lovely benefit of veggie vitamins.  Did not have any Italian sausage in the freeze or frig, but I did have some fresh ground pork.  So, I cooked the raw pork crumbles, seasoned heavily with Italian seasonings, garlic and onion and topped a boboli crust with a butternut squash/marinara base as a  sauce and it worked.  It was a good supper with a fresh salad.

1 thin Boboli pizza crust

4 ounce of defrosted butternut squash puree, drained

1/2 cup of prepared marinara sauce

1/2 lb of fresh ground pork

1/2 tsp of salt

1/4 tsp of dried rosemary

1/2 tsp of Italian seasoning

I/2 tsp of Montreal Steak Seasoning

2 cloves of minced garlic, minced fine!

1/2 yellow onion chopped fine

4 slices of monterey jack cheese

3/4 cup of shredded jack, cheddar mix

no oil, no butter oy vey

Heat oven to 425 degrees.

Heat pizza stone.

Cook raw pork until no longer pink with garlic, onion and seasonings.

Mix butternut squash with marinara

Place crust on a pizza paddle,

Spread on mixed sauce.

top with four slices of cheese of jack cheese (only because it was getting dried out on the edges)

Spread with cooled crumbled pork, onion, garlic and seasonings.

Top overall with shredded cheese

cook 10 minutes at 425.

Broil, 3 minutes to toast the cheese.

Ready to cook.

Ready to EAT!  YUM!

Bacon Clam Pizza

On the hunt for tasty fast food...this will fit the bill. Very easy and delicious. Almost tastes like a smoky clam chowder on a bread crust. Quick to put together and the flavor very good.

1 thin Boboli prepared pizza crust
1/2 cup of light Alfredo sauce
1 10 ounce can of chopped clams well drained
1/2 red onion, slivered
2 tbsp of olive oil
2 tsp of minced garlic
one package of precooked bacon 8 slices used
sprinkle of fresh minced parsley
pinch of red pepper flakes, if you like a bit of heat
1 cup of shredded mozzarella
1/4 cup of parmesan cheese, shredded

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Heat your pizza stone, (you have one, don't you?) for twenty minutes
While the stone is heating, make your toppings.
In a tbsp of the olive oil, sweat the red onion slivers and minced garlic until fragrant.
When the stone is super hot, top with prepared pizza crust, spread with the light alfredo sauce within 1/2 inch of the edge, sprinkle with chopped cooked bacon, sprinkle with clams, top with cooked slivered onion and garlic.
Brush edge of crust with reserved oil.
Cover pizza with the cheeses, sprinkle with red pepper flakes and parsley.
Bake 15 minutes until hot and bubbly.