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Winter Vegetable and Sausage Pizza

Dec 8, 2015 · 22 Comments

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Pizza and flatbreads always make for a delicious dinner and this winter vegetable and sausage pizza is no exception, in fact, it’s an exceptional pizza that should be added to all your holiday menus!

Winter Vegetable and Sausage Pizza from @sweetphi

Topped with roasted butternut squash, toasted pumpkin seeds, caramelized onions, smoked Gouda, sausage and then drizzled with browned butter and brown sugar this pizza has the perfect combination of fall and winter flavors with savory and a hint of sweetness and will have you craving it for dinner.

Stonefire Authentic Flatbreads

Recently when I got home after some late evening meetings I found I had no groceries – does that ever happen to you? But then I opened my freezer and saw I had some Stonefire Authentic Flatbreads! BOOM! I immediately knew what I was going to be making that was delicious but wouldn’t take me hours to make. Less than half an hour later I had a great tasting pizza.

Making winter vegetable pizza from @sweetphi

Stonefire Authentic Flatbreads are truly incredible, they bake to crispy perfection in minutes and really hold up when piled high with delicious toppings. And good thing the crusts hold up, because topping decisions are endless.

Butternut squash sausage gouda pizza from @sweetphi

With all the crazy business of the upcoming holidays I like having a special pizza/flatbread recipe that is a little fancier than your average red sauce-cheese combination (which is still good, but I want something special over the holidays.) Since pizza is such a universally loved food, it’s really perfect for adding to a holiday menu as an appetizer or main dish.

Winter Vegetable and Sausage Pizza with brown butter drizzle from @sweetphi

My in-laws have these awesome pizza parties where there are about 101 toppings and everyone makes different pizzas. At one of the last parties a friend of theirs made this winter vegetable and sausage pizza which was a recreation from a restaurant she had been to. Immediately upon having a slice I went crazy over it, it was so good and honestly I had never had such a cool combination of toppings on a pizza. I mean toasted pumpkin seeds and browned butter and brown sugar (yes, brown sugar!) are not commonly used as pizza toppings so I snapped a picture of it and posted it to my Snapchat story (username: SweetPhi) and got multiple requests for the recipe, so I asked my in-laws’ friend if she’d be willing to share the recipe and make the pizza with me for the blog and she graciously agreed.

Winter Vegetable and Sausage Pizza from @sweetphi

When I arrived at her house with the Stonefire crusts we headed to the kitchen and I thought we were going to start cooking all the toppings. Nope, she had made them all ahead of time! Not only was that really sweet of her, but it gave me the best idea for the holidays and making this pizza: make all the toppings ahead of time and have them ready for when last minute guests come over – that way all you have to do is remove the flatbreads from the freezer, top them, bake them and in less than half an hour you have an insanely delicious flatbread!

Winter Vegetable and Sausage Pizza with smoked gouda from @sweetphi

Winter Vegetable and Sausage Pizza

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Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 52 minutes
Servings: 2 pizzas

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butternut squash roasted with 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 lb. Italian sausage cooked and broken up into large pieces
  • 1 large onion finely sliced and caramelized with 1 teaspoon butter and 1/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds toasted
  • 2 cups smoked gouda shredded
  • 2 Stonefire Authentic Flatbreads I used one round pizza crust and one rectangular flatbread crust
  • 3 tablespoons butter browned
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Instructions

  • Roast the butternut squash by baking it at 400 with 1 teaspoon olive oil and sprinkled with a 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper, set aside.
  • Brown the sausage by cooking it in a pan over high heat for 20 minutes, breaking it up into large chunks as it cooks. Drain the grease off and set aside.
  • Caramelize onion by slicing the onion very finely and then melting butter and olive oil in a pan and then cooking the onions by stirring them around for 20-30 minutes until they become soft and translucent.
  • To toast the pumpkin seeds put them in a small frying pan and cook over medium heat until they start to brown, then remove from heat and set aside.
  • To brown the butter melt it in a small sauce pan and let it come to a slow boil, then continue cooking it over medium high heat until it starts to form little brown bits at the bottom, then remove from heat.
  • Preheat oven to 425. Set two Stonefire pizza crusts on a baking sheet.
  • Distribute squash and sausage between the two crusts.
  • Next place the caramelized onions over and around the squash and sausage and sprinkle the shredded cheese on top.
  • Sprinkle toasted pumpkin seeds on top of the cheese, then drizzle the browned butter on top of the crusts. Lastly sprinkle brown sugar on top of all the toppings. Bake the crusts for 12-15 minutes or until the cheese starts to melt and brown around the edges. Remove from oven, allow to cool for a few minutes, then slice and enjoy!

Disclosure: Stonefire Authentic Flatbreads has compensated me for my time to create this recipes. Thank you for supporting the brands that make the SweetPhi blog possible. As always, all thoughts and opinions are mine alone.

 

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  1. Little Cooking Tips says

    January 4, 2016 at 2:04 am

    We saw that in your Twitter feed at some point, what a yummy idea! Super tasty, these pizzas are going to be a huge success at any party! Can you also use pumpkin in this? We didn’t see any butternut squash recently on the farmers market.
    Thank you for the delicious recipe!
    xoxo

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      January 8, 2016 at 9:11 am

      Thank you for following along on my twitter feed. Yes, pumpkin would go great with this, I’m all about using what is seasonal 🙂

      Reply
  2. Ashley says

    December 10, 2015 at 7:48 pm

    Flatbreads are an absolute favorite of mine for a quick weeknight dinner! This flavor sounds fantastic! You just cannot go wrong with veggies and sausage (well, in my opinion! haha). 🙂

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      December 14, 2015 at 9:42 pm

      I totally share your opinion girl, you cannot go wrong with winter vegetables and sausage 😉

      Reply
  3. Sian says

    December 10, 2015 at 5:41 am

    I love this recipe! It’s great that you can have such amazing tasting pizza for such little time, this would definitely be great for an evening after work!

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      December 14, 2015 at 9:40 pm

      What I like to do is make the toppings ahead of time and then when I want to make this flatbread I just load all the toppings up, definitely makes for a super quick and delicious dinner!

      Reply
  4. Cailee says

    December 9, 2015 at 2:01 pm

    YUM!! This looks amazing! What a delicious, beautiful recipe! So perfect for a cozy night in 🙂 Or brought to a friends dinner! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      December 14, 2015 at 9:39 pm

      You’re so welcome, and thank you for the comment. You’re totally right about enjoying it for either a night in or brought to a friends’ for dinner, I’ve done both because this pizza is perfect for any occasion!

      Reply
  5. Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl says

    December 9, 2015 at 11:32 am

    This is such a crafty way at a Winter pizza! I love all these veggies!

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      December 14, 2015 at 9:38 pm

      I love piling the veggies high (clearly) and this combination totally makes me think of fall and winter months, thanks for the comment!

      Reply
  6. Shawnna says

    December 9, 2015 at 9:52 am

    Oh girl This looks so yummy!! I would love this!

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      December 14, 2015 at 9:37 pm

      Thank you so much, I really appreciate the comment, and I think you’d love this!!

      Reply
  7. Rachel @ Bakerita says

    December 9, 2015 at 9:43 am

    Yum this is my kind of pizza! Love all the gorgeous veggies you piled on here – sounds like perfection!

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      December 14, 2015 at 9:37 pm

      A slice of this pizza is my little slice of heaven, it’s so good!

      Reply
  8. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says

    December 9, 2015 at 3:19 am

    It is all about a veggie packed pizza and this is definitely one. Looks delicious 🙂

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      December 14, 2015 at 9:35 pm

      I love a good pizza that’s topped with tons of veggies, and this one definitely that! Thanks for commenting girl!

      Reply
  9. Sues says

    December 8, 2015 at 9:11 pm

    Gorgeous and delicious-looking pizza!!

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      December 14, 2015 at 9:27 pm

      Thank you so much Sues!

      Reply
  10. Nicole @ Young, Broke and Hungry says

    December 8, 2015 at 11:14 am

    I love making pizza on flatbread. It’s such a quick and easy shortcut with delicious results.

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      December 14, 2015 at 9:27 pm

      I love making pizza on flatbread for those exact same reasons, quick and easy meals are definitely what I’m all abut 🙂

      Reply

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