Unusual Topping Pizza with herbs and Summer Squash - Weekend Recipe

Today’s pizza leans toward the traditional style with a slight twist, using a tomato-based sauce as the base and broccoli as an unconventional, but tasty, topping. 

Pizza with Summer Squash

MAKES ONE 12-INCH PIZZA

1 cup prepared marinara or spaghetti sauce

2 to 3 tablespoons tomato paste (depending on how thick you like your sauce)

1 (10-ounce) prepared pizza dough or crust
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1 summer squash, sliced 1/3-inch-thick (about 1 cup)
1/2 cup diced red onion
1 tablespoon snipped fresh rosemary
1 to 2 teaspoons snipped fresh summer savory
1 to 1 1/2 cups chopped broccoli florets (chop into 1/2-inch pieces)
4 to 6 slices turkey bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces then cooked (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Combine marinara sauce and tomato paste. Spread sauce evenly over crust, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and distribute small dollops of ricotta cheese evenly over pizza.

Arrange squash slices on pizza as you would for pepperoni. Sprinkle red onion, rosemary and summer savory over the summer squash. Top with chopped broccoli and cooked bacon. Bake for 12 to 16 minutes or until crust is golden and cheese is bubbly.

RECIPE THEME

Each month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive archive will be shared.  This year we have 12 new topics, different from the topics of last year.  To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe link or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018, or Recipe2019 

You can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each  month.  All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2020 so you can find them all.

The themes are:

Feb 2020 - Footbal Tailgate Favorites (AppFeb)

March 2020 - Kabobs (KabobMar)

April 2020 - Brunch (BrunchApr) more in 2021 also

May 2020 - Non-Traditional Pizza (PizzaMay)

June 2020 - StirFry Dishes (StirJun)

July 2020 - Salads with no lettuce (SaladJul)

August 2020 - Pickled things (PickleAug)

September 2020 - Quiche (QuicheSep)

October 2020 - Squash Soups (SquashOct)

November 2020 - Pumpkin (again) (PumpNov)

December 2020 - Turkey Recipes (TurkDec)