GRILLED BUTTERNUT SQUASH PIZZA WITH HOT HONEY

This is a very flexible recipe. Consider it as much an idea as a fixed list of ingredients. Try roast peppers, Brussels sprouts, cabbage or another vegetable if you’re not a fan of butternut squash. Toss the vegetable with your favorite hot sauce and then drizzle the finished pizza with hot honey.

One of the things we’ve learned about working with prepared pizza dough is that you have to give it time to relax. Take it out of the refrigerator, let it rest at least an hour, then separate it into 2 balls and begin the process of pressing out the dough. Let it relax, then stretch again. It can take another hour of stretching to get the dough where we’d like it to be.

1 (1-pound) round prepared pizza

dough, at room temperature Vegetable oil, for oiling parchment

paper and grill

1 (1-pound) butternut squash 1 tablespoon avocado oil 1 tablespoon chopped fresh

rosemary

2 teaspoons hot sauce

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper Prosciutto, for garnish

Hot honey, for garnish

Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Begin working with pizza dough by dividing dough in half and then stretching each half on an oiled piece of parchment paper. Let dough rest 10 to 15 minutes and then stretch again, continuing until vegetables are ready, grill is hot and dough has reached the desired dimensions.

Peel butternut squash, remove seeds, and slice across the width into ¼-inch slices. Place slices in a large bowl and add avocado oil, rosemary, hot sauce, salt and pepper. Arrange squash on prepared baking sheet and roast 15 minutes or until tender.

Heat grill to 500 degrees.

Stretch each pizza dough half into a 10-inch round. Lightly oil grill grates and arrange pizza on hot grill. Cook 3 minutes per side or just until dough begins to char. Remove from grill, top with roasted butternut slices and garnish with prosciutto slices and hot honey, as desired.

Serves 4.

Per serving: 359 calories (percent of calories from fat, 16), 9 grams protein, 66 grams carbohydrates, 9 grams fiber, 7 grams total fat (trace saturated fat), no cholesterol, 1,029 milligrams sodium.

— Adapted from a recipe from Red Clay Hot Sauce.

COURTESY OF RED CLAY HOT SAUCE