Roast Pumpkin and Cream Cheese Pizzas with Salad

Roast Pumpkin and Cream Cheese Pizzas with Salad

Ready in 35 minutes Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Family (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, July 9, 2017.

Perfect for a warm, Friday night in!


Ingredients

ROAST PUMPKIN AND CREAM CHEESE PIZZAS

  • 200g pumpkin, peeled and diced 1cm
  • 2 wholemeal pizza bases
  • 1 tub pizza sauce
  • 1½ cups grated Edam cheese
  • ½ punnet cherry tomatoes, cut in half
  • ½ red onion, thinly sliced (optional, adults)
  • 1 spring onion
  • ¾ tub cream cheese

SALAD

  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • ¼ teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar (e.g. red wine, white wine)
  • 1 lettuce
  • ½ punnet cherry tomatoes
  • ½ telegraph cucumber
  • 1 spring onion (optional, adults)

Steps

  1. oven to 220°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Preheat a second oven tray. Alternatively preheat two pizza stones (if you have them).
  2. Toss pumpkin with a drizzle of oil on tray prepared with baking paper and season with salt. Roast for 12 minutes, until just tender. Lay two sheets of baking paper on the bench and place a pizza base on top of each.
  3. Spread pizza sauce over each base and evenly top with cheese, first measure of cherry tomatoes, red onion (if using) and roasted pumpkin. Thinly slice spring onion, add to a small bowl with cream cheese (see tip) and mix until well combined. Use a teaspoon to evenly dollop over pizzas.
  4. Carefully lift baking paper with pizzas on top and place onto preheated tray and tray used to cook the pumpkin, then gently slide baking paper away (use a fish slice to help with this).
  5. Cook pizzas for 10-12 minutes, until bases are crispy and golden around the edges. Swap position of trays halfway to ensure even cooking. While pizzas are cooking, prepare salad.
  6. Mix oil, sugar and vinegar together in a large bowl. Cut base off lettuce, separate leaves and rinse; cut second measure of cherry tomatoes in half; thinly slice cucumber and spring onion (if using). Add all to bowl with dressing, toss to combine and season. Slice pizzas into 6-8 pieces and season.
  7. divide roast pumpkin and cream cheese pizza and salad between plates.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2425 kj
580 kcal
Protein 22.5g
Carbohydrate 57.8g
Fat 27.3g