Cast Iron Pizza with Goat Cheese, Summer Squash and Walnuts

Name: Cast Iron Pizza with Goat Cheese, Summer Squash and Walnuts
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 can (13.8 oz) Pillsbury™ refrigerated classic pizza crust, cut in half and rolled into two balls; 2 small summer squash, thinly sliced into circles; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 2-3 cups shredded mozzarella and provolone cheese mixture; 1 cup goat cheese crumbles; 1/2 cup walnut halves

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Cast Iron Pizza with Goat Cheese, Summer Squash and Walnuts

Prep 15 min
Total 60 min
Servings 8

Artisan pizza crust with creamy goat cheese, squash and walnuts, in a cast iron skillet! Pizza in a cast iron skillet. You'll feel so rustic! MORE+ LESS-

By Bev Cooks

Updated September 11, 2017

Ingredients

can (13.8 oz) Pillsbury™ refrigerated classic pizza crust, cut in half and rolled into two balls

small summer squash, thinly sliced into circles

tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

2-3 cups shredded mozzarella and provolone cheese mixture

cup goat cheese crumbles

1/2

cup walnut halves

Steps

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1

Preheat oven to 450°F. Preheat the (8-10 inch) cast iron skillet in the oven.
2

Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a medium sauté pan. Add the sliced squash in batches and sauté until browned on both sides. Season with a small pinch of salt and pepper.
3

Roll out the pizza dough balls on a floured work surface until you get a rough 8-inch circle. Brush each ball with the remaining oil and place on the hot cast iron skillet (one at a time) and par-bake for five minutes.
4

Bring the cast iron out of the oven and top the pizza with a good handful of the cheeses, squash, goat cheese and walnuts. Stick back in the oven and cook another 10 to 15 minutes, or until the dough is cooked through and the cheese is browned and bubbly on top. Repeat with remaining pizza. (Or, if you have two cast iron skillets, you can cook them at the same time.)
5

Slice and serve.

Expert Tips

You can cook in a covered outdoor grill instead of in the oven! Preheat grill before cooking. If temperature is similar, cook times will be as well.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 420.2

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 19.8g; 30%
Saturated Fat 9.1g 46%
Cholesterol: 38mg; 13%
Sodium: 797.9mg; 33%
Potassium: 202.6mg; 6%
Total Carbohydrate: 40.7g; 14%
Dietary Fiber 2.5g 10% Sugars 1.7g
Protein: 19.4g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin C: 8.40%; 8%
Calcium: 27.50%; 28%
Iron: 16.80%; 17%

Exchanges:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

Pizza in a cast iron skillet. You'll feel so rustic! Not only will you feel super rustic, but this pizza is topped with goat cheese. And we all know what that means. We all know, right? Wait, what does it mean? Never mind. Goat cheese! AND it's topped with walnuts. Walnuts are brain food, ya know! They're shaped like a brain, too. I put halved walnuts on my pizza, so like half brains. Makes sense, doesn't it? Don't answer that. It's also topped with summer squash! The yellow kind. Little sautéed circles of summer glory. Gosh. It all cooks so evenly in that cast iron skillet. Then you slice. Then you eat all of it before anyone notices. Because that's rustic, too. Maybe. Pizza!