Butternut Squash, Caramelized Onion, and Feta Cheese Pizza.
I am always looking for new ways to enjoy butternut squash, so I did a quick search and found a variety of pizzas using butternut squash. Yum!
The one I found that had the flavors I love (and ingredients I had on hand), called for mashing the butternut squash as the “sauce” on the pizza, but I prefer the taste of cubed and roasted butternut squash, so I changed it up.
Each roasted chunk gets a bit browned and even a bit crispy on the outside corners, but is soft and sweet and tender on the inside. I prefer that texture to mashed.
And I might just possibly eat anything with caramelized onions on top. Just saying…
Add feta cheese – and SCORE!
We had this for dinner with a tossed green salad.
If you are looking for a new twist on pizza or a meatless meal, this may just be the ticket!
Here is how I made it. Hope you will give it a try.
Butternut Squash, Caramelized Onion, and Feta Cheese Pizza
- 1 medium butternut squash, cubed
- 1 large sweet onion, sliced
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 2 Tbsp olive oil, divided
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 2 tsp brown sugar, divided
- 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
- salt & pepper to taste
- Pizza dough or Pillsbury crescent roll tube
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place cubed butternut squash on stoneware baking pan or baking sheet. Drizzle with 1 Tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp brown sugar, salt and pepper. Roast approximately 20 minutes, turning once midway through roasting, until slightly browned and tender.
While squash is roasting, saute onions in 1 Tbsp olive oil and 1 tsp. butter, salt and pepper over medium heat until onions begin to caramelize, approximately 10-15 minutes. Add balsamic vinegar and brown sugar, and continue to cook for another 5 minutes.
Bake pizza crust five minutes short of done on a round baking stone. Remove from oven, and layer butternut squash cubes, caramelized onions, and feta cheese on crust. Return to oven for 5-10 minutes. Serve immediately.
Enjoy!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Wow, Jodi—
That sounds fantastic!!! I can’t wait to try it! I have a few packages of naan in the freezer, which works well as substitute pizza shell. There is nothing in your recipe that doesn’t sound delicious; can’t wait to try it! Thanks!
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wooohoo! Yes – Naan does make a great pizza shell. Will the Crankee Yankee try this?
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oh, i’ve never thought of this combo, it sounds wonderful –
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I think you would LOVE it! It would make a great appetizer too I think – cut into small pieces.
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I love vegetable pizzas…the looks like a good one! (K)
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woohoo! It isssss! 🙂
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Delicious, Jodi! As always! I’m a huge fan of butternut squash but I can’t imagine a better way to eat it. Save me a slice!
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Oh how I wish we could munch on it together – there in Ireland!!! Hope you will try making it.
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Wow Great looking pizza Great combination of ingredients Luv Gary
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soooo yummy Gary!
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This has my name on it …. brave he that tries to stop me!!!
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LOL – May we call it Osyth Pizza then?! 🙂
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Yes, we may!!! Not forgetting the home of the butternut will be my home 😉
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Woohoo!!!!
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Now this is something I can make…a good Friday night meal. Yum.
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hooray! 🙂
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You are hired.
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Woohoo!!!!
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Oh, that is total YUM !!! Love the combo of flavours 🙂
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Hubby was very pleasantly surprised! 🙂
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Not a fan of Squash but I’d certainly like to try this, looks delicious Jodi! ❤️👌🏻
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give it another chance 🙂
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Wow! What a great recipe! I believe you are the best cook in the U.S.!
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LOL! You give me WAY too much credit PJ! You are the sweetest! 🙂
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You have such amazing recipes!
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thank you PJ!
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This is right up my pizza lovin alley, Jodi! I love that you didn’t mash the squash and used roasted cubes instead. Yes, caramelized onions make everything better!
Jenna
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I think it is indeed right up your alley Jenna! 🙂
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oh no you didn’t! Im making this dish!
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Oh Yes I Did! LOL! Hope you enjoy! Please do let me know.
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will do
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Looks yummy! We’ve just started Meatless Mondays at our house. This if next Monday for sure! Thanks.
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Oh I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
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I will I’m sure…just don’t know about the Hubby. He’s not a fan of winter squash. He LOVES feta though so maybe I’ll go a little heavy on the fetta for him
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🙂 My hubby snarled his nose a bit behind my back when I mentioned making this, and he was really surprised and LOVED it! Good luck! Pile on that feta (WINK!)
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Hmm- I’m a skeptic like your husband. If you’re going to the trouble of making home made pizza, however, gourmet is the way to go!
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👍😉
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this looks sooooo yummy and creative!
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I honestly and truly had decided that “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all”…take the high road and all those virtuous sort of things. Then, it occurred to me…you can say something nice, Ellen. Butternut squash, I love butternut squash!! Alas, it’s all down hill from here. Caramelized ONIONS, I ask you, caramelized ONIONS? Need I say more??? Then we get to the Feta cheese! A combination of sheep’s milk and goat’s milk best left to lambs and kids (of a goat variety)! A brief return to nice now, I am fond of pizza crust. Roasted butternut squash swimming in melted butter on a pizza crust, it works for me! Thank-you!
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Lol! I was kinda waiting to hear you complain about my beloved onions. 😂🤣👍😉
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I am not sure about this one… lol! 😝 Squash on pizza? hmmm…
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Lol. I know. Right??!! But it is such an amazing delightful surprise! 😉
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Isn’t it fun to see how many ways you can create a pizza? Last night we had one with leftover pork, pear, sweet potato and feta that was very tasty.
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YUMMMMM!
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Printing this! This recipe just may be the one that gets me to break out the bread maker to make some pizza dough!
Adding yeast, feta, and butternut squash to my shopping list!
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woooohooo! Let me know how you like it!
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Wow, this looks sooooo tasty! Those caramelized onions…. yumm!
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I would eat a rock with caramelized onions on it – LOL!
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LOLOL!
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Felicia and I love unique pizzas, Jodi! Yummy recipe. . . In our Easton Towne center, a place called California Pizza Company has pizza with carmelized onions, pear slices and I think a crumbled cheese (not sure if bleu cheese or feta?). It adds a spring salad in the middle! 🍕 ❤
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sounds DELISH!!
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Your combination and photo had me salivating, Jodi. I love carmelized onions, butternut squash and feta, too. Just need to put these together. 🍕🍕
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hoooray! We can put any of our favorites things on a pizza crust – and it is a fabulous feast! 🙂
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This is such an inspiring and tasty combination for toppings on a pizza, have to try it out!
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hope you enjoy kreso!
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This looks delicious! Gotta try it!
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Hope you do! It is soo yummy! 🙂
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Yum yum yum! Looks just fabulous Jodi! 😊😊
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Thanks Linda! It was such a nice change up.
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Wow! That’s amazing! Such great ingredients.
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oh it was so yummy!
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