Summer Squash, Goat Cheese and Walnut Pizza

Summer Squash, Goat Cheese and Walnut Pizza

• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 6 ounces pizza dough (we like Pastaworks store bought dough, but you could try to replicate Apizza Scholls awesome dough recipe)
• 1/2 small onion, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup fresh mozzarella, shredded
• 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
• 1/4 pound summer squash, thinly sliced on a mandoline
• 2 ounces fresh goat cheese, crumbled
• 2 tablespoons chopped toasted walnuts
• Pinch of crushed red pepper
• All-purpose flour, for dusting
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1. Preheat the oven, with a pizza stone set on the middle rack, to 500°.
2. In a small bowl combine the olive oil with the minced garlic and let stand.
3. On a lightly floured work surface roll out the dough to form a 12-inch round, that is about a 1/4 inch thick. Transfer the round to a lightly floured pizza peel (Pizza peels make this so much easier but any flat, light and heat resistant board, like a thin wooden cutting board, will work with some coaxing with a spatula).
4. Leaving a 1/2-inch border of dough, brush the round with the prepared garlic oil and sprinkle with crushed red pepper, salt and black pepper.
5. Scatter the onion slices over the round and top with the mozzarella and parsley.
6. Arrange the squash slices on top in a single layer, overlapping them slightly.
7. Dot with the crumbled goat cheese.
8. Slide the pizza onto the hot stone and bake for about 5 minutes, until the bottom is crisp and the squash is slightly browned.
9. Carefully remove from the oven and transfer the pizza to a work surface.
10. Sprinkle with the walnuts and drizzle with olive oil.
11. Slice, serve and enjoy!