Roasted Butternut Squash Pizza with Sautéed Swiss Chard, cooked with entwine Chardonnay wine, and topped with sausage, cremini mushrooms and fontina cheese. Savory pizza doesn’t get any better than this!
Fall is in the air you guys. Here in Wisconsin, the air is crisp, the leaves are changing colors and falling onto the grass everywhere. I love it.
Last weekend, we took the kids to a farm, picked pumpkins, did our annual corn maze, got some apple cider donuts, a caramel apple and got to watch a huge cannonball type machine shoot out candy to all the kids.
It was so much fun.
Fall is one of my favorite seasons for the produce. I’m not gonna lie. Fall has some of my favorites for sure so I couldn’t let October go by without making a savory pizza with roasted butternut squash and sautéed swiss chard.
I also sautéed my veggies and cooked them with one of my favorite wines, my entwine Chardonnay. I love how cooking with wine enhances the food’s flavor. It’s incredible you guys. entwine Chardonnay is “easy-drinking, with crisp fall fruit – think toast spread with homemade apple butter.” This wine is absolutely delicious!
entwine is brought to you by Food Network, the most trusted name in food, and Wente Vineyards, the nation’s oldest family owned and operated winery. These two partnered together to create these wines because of their shared passion for a complete culinary experience. entwine brings wine and food together with approachable descriptions, real-world pairing suggestions and entwine makes it easy for you to understand what the wine really tastes like, and what it’ll taste good with!
And I say, if you’re going to cook with wine, use a good bottle of wine. You want to cook with the same quality of wine you are going to drink. It really makes a difference. So, after you use the wine to cook with, you have to have a glass with your pizza too!
This roasted butternut squash pizza is absolutely doable for a weeknight dinner. Here are my tips: use store bought fresh pizza dough (if you have time and want to make homemade pizza dough, here is my fave recipe), roast the butternut squash a day ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator. Then, all you really have to do the day of is sauté the chard, assemble your pizza and bake it.
Now, doesn’t this look like the perfect dinner for a weeknight?
I hope you give this seasonal roasted butternut squash recipe a try! We loved it and I know you will too! To see more fabulous recipes using entwine Chardonnay and to learn more about this fabulous wine, you can visit their website here. entwine also has a delicious Merlot, Pinot Grigio and a Cabernet Sauvignon!
Roasted Butternut Squash Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 small sized butternut squash sliced in half lengthwise
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil split
- Kosher salt and pepper
- 3 cloves garlic minced; split
- 1 bunch Swiss chard leaves only; chopped
- ¼ cup Chardonnay wine optional
- ½ teaspoon red chili pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- Store bought pizza dough
- 4 oz. fontina cheese shredded
- ¼ cup cremini mushrooms chopped
- ¼ cup spicy Italian sausage chopped
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
- Using a parchment paper lined baking sheet, drizzle the butternut squash halves with 1 to 2 teaspoons of olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Roast the squashes, cut side down, on the baking sheet for about 45 to 50 minutes, or until tender and browned. Remove from the oven.
- If using a pizza stone, turn up the heat to 450 degrees and place your pizza stone on a rack in the lower third of your oven.
- Let the roasted butternut squash cool for a few minutes and then scoop out the flesh from the skins and place into a large bowl. Pour in 1 teaspoon of olive oil, 1 to 2 minced garlic cloves, season with salt and pepper and mash and mix together with a fork. Taste and adjust any ingredients as needed. Set aside.
- Using a medium sized sauté pan over medium-high heat, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil, with one minced garlic clove and after a minute or so, add in the Swiss chard and let cook for about a minute or two. Slowly pour in the Chardonnay wine and continue to cook until the chard is softened and the liquid absorbed, for another few minutes. Add the red chili pepper flakes and lemon zest and mix together. Remove from heat and set aside. After the chard has cooled a bit, lightly squeeze the chard to remove any excess liquid and place into a bowl.
- Working on a lightly floured work surface, roll out your pizza dough into a circle shape. If using a pizza peel or paddle, move the dough to the peel at this point. If working on a cutting board, make sure the pizza can easily be moved off of the board and onto the pizza stone in the oven. You can lightly sprinkle your pizza peel with corn meal.
- Drizzle on the remaining olive oil over the pizza dough and spread on the roasted butternut squash mixture over the top, leaving at least an inch or two inch border around the edges for the crust. Sprinkle on the fontina cheese, cooked Swiss chard, mushrooms and sausage all evenly around the pizza.
- Slowly and carefully slide the pizza off the pizza peel and onto the pizza stone and bake for about 15 minutes, or until nicely browned. When finished, allow the pizza to cool for a minute or two. Transfer to a cutting board, slice, serve and enjoy with your entwine Chardonnay wine.
If concerned about cooking with wine, you can omit the wine from this recipe.
Disclosure: This is a paid, sponsored post in partnership with entwine wines. All opinions expressed here are 100% my own. Thank you for supporting me in working with the brands and products that I use and love.
Butternut squash on pizza is so creative, Alice! I love it!! The make ahead tips are great also. Thanks for sharing this fabulous recipe.
Thank you so much, Jen!!
I wish I had this recipe a few days ago when I was trying to decide what to do with the last of my Swiss chard and butternut squash! Looks great!
Thank you so much Carissa!!
This is an amazing recipe Alice!1 Sautéing the veggies with wine I’m sure makes things even better! I love fall weather, produce and fashion. it’s just the best time of the year…before the snow ruins it all!
Z, hahah .. I was just saying to Paul that I sooooo don’t want the snow to come!! Let’s enjoy fall and everything fall related for as long as we can!!!
Ooh this is such a brilliant idea for a pizza base! I’ve tried pumpkin and hummus before but never ever roasted butternut squash – yes this is most definitely a perfect weeknight dinner, Alice!
Thank you so much Shashi!!! totally going to try pumpkin too! 🙂
This pizza is on point! I love the fall flavor – butternut squash is one of favorites!
Thank you so much, Naomi!
Oh man, I want this pizza for dinner tonight! It looks mouthwatering, Alice! Love the roasted butternut squash and sauteed swiss chard with wine! Such a great idea and perfect for fall!
Thank you so much, Kelly!!! We LOVED this pizza!!!
This pizza is so beautiful! I’m really enjoying fall in New England here! It’s so elongated and gorgeous 🙂 Pinning!
Thank you so much, Medha!! I hope you try this. . I’m really happy with how this one came out! and yes, let’s enjoy fall for as long as we can!
I’m crazy about the fall flavors here! And that wine sounds incredible! Toast with apple butter? YUM.
I know right?! Allie, this is the same entwine Chardonnay we tasted in Miami. . I don’t know if you remember. . but it’s freaking delicious! My fave!!
I love butternut squash (just roasted some for the first time this fall today!) and putting it on a pizza is a great idea! Pinning!
Thank you so much, Mira! you need to try this. . you will love it! 🙂
Fall is my favorite too, and this pizza looks outrageously good! I’ve tried Entwine before and really loved it — this looks like the perfect pairing!
Homemade pizzas are the best! This fall themed one is so perfect and I love the wine tip you gave! Using good quality ingredients is so important! 🙂
Nothing beats homemade pizza and I could live on butternut squash, so this one is absolutely perfect!
Hi Alice! This recipe is perfect comfort food! A good way to get your kids to eat their veggies too.. my son loves pizza but is not crazy about butternut or pumpkin.. I´m going to try this.. 🙂
What a perfect pizza, Alice! I’ve never thought to use butternut squash on pizza, but I definitely need to change that. Sounds like fall perfection!
What a delicious looking pizza and who would have thought that butternut squash would work so well on it. Definitely something I am going to make soon.
Butternut squash in any form just shouts out “Fall is Here” in the very best way…and what could be better than pizza? And always great to have another wine recommendation – I will definitely look for that merlot. 🙂
This pizza looks amazing, Alice! I love the produce at this time of year – so many great veggies. Butternut squash is always tasty – I really like the idea of topping a pizza with it!
What a fun idea! I’m all about pairing delicious pizza with a tasty bottle of wine…and I’m loving these pizza toppings. We’re always hunting for new and fun pizzas around here, and this one is going on the list!
I LOVE squash…and on pizza?! GIRLLLLLL I am so craving a few slices of this tonight!
I have no idea HOW I missed this on Friday! This pizza is WOWZA! I looove all the fall toppings! Plus a BIIIG heck yea to cooking with wine – a good quality one. Nothing better than doing a little Julia – a little for pot, a little for me! Definitely making this pizza very soon! Pinned! Cheers, girlfriend! XO
P.S A machine that shoots candy?? Where can I get one?! 😉
I’ve been eyeballing this pizza around the interwebs the past couple of days. It’s totally up my alley. Yes to squash on everything – especially on carbs. It’s so dreamy! And GAH – we had snow flurries this weekend and I wanted to cry. I’m not ready yet!
Butternut squash pizza and delicious chardonnay? Yes please!
This pizza looks absolutely sensational. This is fall in pizza form.
Fall hasn’t quite hit us here yet, but this pizza would definitely help get me in the mood!
Nothing beats homemade pizza and this roasted butternut squash pizza is the best! Perfect for Fall recipe.
This is such a fun fall twist on pizza! That candy throwing cannon ball type machine sounds like something out of my daughter’s dreams — it sounds like you guys had so much fun!
This is certainly a perfect fall dinner! And I’ve never tried squash on pizza. I definitely need to sometime! Love this idea, Alice! Thanks for sharing! 😀
Oh this is my kind of pizza! Such a perfect fall meal that just screams comfort food. And a built in glass of wine with my pizza? Yes please!
It sounds like you guys had a wonderful weekend! I miss fall colored country roads and apple cidar donuts – I could a dozen of those!
Cooking with good wine is key – because after all, it’s one for the dish, one for me 😉 Lovely dish, Alice 🙂
These look amazingly delicious. I feel like grabbing the squash pizza from the screen and eating it. You have presented it so well too.
“Hey Domino’s… Can you take a page from Alice’s recipe book… Cause she makes better pizza than you!” – K, thanks!
haha, oh my gawd, thank you!!!
This is the perfect fall pizza and the wine… well that goes without saying ;).
Unfortunately, in California it still feels like Summer. I had to google today places where I can find leaves on the falling… Ughhh. Taking a bite of a pizza that looks like this sounds like my type of entry into the fall spirit!
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