Pumpkin pizza with buffalo mozzarella, sage and roasted garlic

Babiche Martens

Ingredients

1 tsp	Salt
1 Tbsp	Active dried yeast
1 tsp	Caster sugar
2 cups	Flour
¾ cup	Water, (warm)
1 Tbsp	Olive oil
1 ½ cups	Pumpkin, (peeled and chopped) (Main)
1 head	Garlic
1	Olive oil
1	Buffalo mozzarella, (ball. available at supermarkets and gourmet food stores)
1	Salt & freshly ground pepper, (to season)
16 leaves	Fresh sage

Directions

1. Mix yeast, salt, sugar and flour together in a large bowl. Combine the oil and water and pour into a well in the flour.
2. Mix, then knead on a bench for 10 minutes until smooth. If the dough is too sticky sprinkle over more flour over and continue kneading.
3. Grease a bowl with olive oil and put the dough back in, cover and leave in a warm place to double - for about an hour.
4. Punch the dough down, tip out and roll to desired thickness.
5. One large pizza or a few small can be made and the dough can be stored in an airtight container to be used the next day.
6. Preheat oven to 200C. Toss the pumpkin with 1 Tbsp of olive oil and season. Bake for 20 minutes until starting to soften.
7. Separate the cloves of garlic, then peel and place in tinfoil with 1 tsp of olive oil. Bake for 20 minutes.
8. Increase the oven temperature to 220C. Place the pumpkin and garlic on to the dough. Tear the mozzarella and place around the dough.
9. Scatter the sage leaves and season. Bake on a pizza stone or a hot oven tray for 15 minutes or until golden and crispy.