Jammy Zucchini Pizza | Naturally Ella

I want I had a greater introduction to this recipe apart from the yearly acknowledgment of summer season with an abundance of summer season squash. Alas, right here we’re. Initially revealed in my zine, this zucchini pizza is a scrumptious approach to make use of zucchini, even when you’re feeling a bit burnt out from consuming summer season squash. 

Zucchini Pizza, a summer season should

There are a lot of methods to make use of zucchini on pizza: thinly sliced and left uncooked to melt within the pizza oven, herb-marinated strips layered in with the cheese, and diced then calmly cooked in a little bit of garlic (simply to call a number of). 

I, nevertheless, desire to cook dinner the zucchini low and sluggish till the items break down right into a thick jammy consistency. This kinds the bottom for an ideal pizza sauce and a fantastic different to the fixed rotation of tomato-based choices. 

Larder: Jammy Zucchini

This combination has extra makes use of than one would possibly assume. I add a bit extra cream and cook dinner morning eggs in it (decadent however scrumptious), or depart the cream out solely and unfold it on grilled cheese or tuck it into quesadillas. Make a double batch and retailer it in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 5 days to make use of with a number of meals. 

Zucchini Pizza, maintain the zucchini

Through the cooler months, when zucchini is out of season, I depend on my different favourite: fennel. Fennel’s anise taste mellows with the assistance of cream, and the hearty vegetable melts fantastically into the onions right here.

Make it vegan

Drop the heavy cream (it isn’t really vital; I similar to it) and use your favourite vegan pizza cheese. You might additionally dollop this pizza with the Almond Ricotta from Concern 3. 

About pizza dough

Whereas the toppings are necessary, the dough could make or break a pizza (cheese will not prevent from a cardboard-like crust)! I make a same-day dough that is comparatively hands-off however leads to a good looking crust each time. 

JAMMY ZUCCHINI

• 2 tablespoons (24 g) olive oil
• 1 (270 g) medium onion (minced)
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 (300 g) small zucchini (chopped into small cube)
• 2 tablespoons (28 g) 28g heavy cream

PIZZA

• Pizza dough (sufficient for 1, 12-inch pie)
• Flour for dusting
• 3 oz (90 g) torn or shredded mozzarella cheese
• Black pepper for ending

1. To make the jammy zucchini: Warmth the olive oil in a medium skillet over medium warmth. Add the onion and salt. Prepare dinner for about 10 minutes, till the onion simply begins to melt. Stir within the zucchini, cowl, and cook dinner for one more 10 minutes. Take away the lid, decrease the warmth to medium low, and proceed to cook dinner, stirring sometimes, till the zucchini has damaged down and is calmly caramelized, 25-35 minutes. Stir within the heavy cream and put aside till prepared to make use of.

2. To make the pizza: Whereas the zucchini is cooking, preheat an oven or grill (whichever you favor for cooking pizza). Let the pizza dough relaxation, coated, at room temperature, whereas preheating and prepping.

3. Stretch the dough right into a 12-inch circle. Place on a floured pizza peel, unfold the jammy zucchini over the dough, and sprinkle with the mozzarella cheese. Bake till the cheese is bubbly and the crust is golden brown and cooked by means of. (The cook dinner time will rely in your chosen pizza-making methodology.)

4. To serve: As soon as the pizza is cooked end with black pepper earlier than serving.