Petrifying Pumpkin and Pesto Pizza
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Petrifying Pumpkin and Pesto Pizza

Petrifying Pumpkin and Pesto Pizza

Watch out, this pesto and pumpkin pizza is ghoulishly good. Ditch the jack’o’lantern this Halloween and instead keep that creamy orange stuff for your pizza! It may not be dripping in plastic cheese, but we reckon this pizza is so delicious it’s scary.

Allergens:
Gluten
Soy
Milk
Tree Nuts

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Always read product labels for the most up-to-date allergen information. Visit hellofresh.com.au/foodinfo for allergen and ingredient information. If you have received a substitute ingredient, please be aware allergens may have changed.

Preparation Time45 minutes
Cooking Time
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

Serving amount

½

pumpkin

1 packet

pepitas

(May be present: Milk, Peanut, Sesame, Soy, Almond, Brazil Nut, Cashew, Hazelnut, Macadamia, Pine Nut, Pistachio, Pecan, Walnut. )

2

wholemeal pizza bases

(Contains Gluten, Soy;)

2 sachet

tomato paste

2

roma tomato

½

red onion

1 tub

traditional pesto

(Contains Milk, Tree Nuts;)

½ bag

mixed salad leaves

1 block

Parmesan cheese

(Contains Milk;)

Not included in your delivery

2 tsp

olive oil

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Nutritional Values

per serving
Energy (kJ)0 kJ
Calories3930 kcal
Fat36.7 g
of which saturates9.2 g
Carbohydrate107 g
of which sugars20.8 g
Dietary Fibre0 g
Protein36.4 g
Cholesterol0 mg
Sodium1470 mg
The average adult daily energy intake is 8700 kJ

Utensils

Knife
Chopping board
Baking Tray
Baking Paper

Cooking Steps

1

Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan-forced. To prepare the ingredients, remove the pumpkin skin and cut the pumpkin into 2 cm pieces. Slice the roma tomatoes, cut the red onion into thin wedges, and flake the Parmesan cheese.

Bake the pumpkin
2

Toss the pumpkin in the olive oil and place on a lined oven tray. Season with salt and pepper and cook in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Scatter the pepitas over the half-cooked pumpkin and cook for a further 5 minutes.

Top the pizzas
3

Place the wholemeal pizza bases rough side down on a flat surface. Spread the tomato paste across the base of each pizza. Top with the tomato slices, red onion, roast pumpkin and pepitas.

4

Transfer the pizza directly onto the oven wire racks and cook for 10 minutes, or until the bases are crispy. Remove from the oven.

Top with the flaked Parmesan cheese
5

To serve, top with dollops of the traditional pesto, mixed salad leaves and flaked Parmesan cheese.