Packed with Vitamin A and C, this dish takes less than 10 minutes of prep. It's perfect for a quick weeknight meal and even "gourmet" enough for a dinner party.
You must try this--I know it sounds unusual but it's the perfect pizza--a little sweet, a little salty, creamy and crunchy. Heaven!
When I first mentioned my idea everyone said, "huh??". After trying it, there were rave reviews all around. Skeptical Gourmet Dad loved it! My super-cute friend Katie stopped by while I was whipping it up and tried a piece. She exclaimed, "I am going to go buy the stuff to make this TONIGHT!". She served it to her husband who also raved about it.
"Slice O' Heaven" Sweet Potato & Mascarpone Pizza
Ingredients:
2 medium sweet potatoes (any variety, we used O'Henry)
1 12" ready to bake pizza crust (we used Boboli Whole Wheat)
5 oz. Mascarpone cheese, softened (you can also use 5 oz. cream cheese mixed w/ 2 Tbs. sour cream)
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
1 tbsp. chopped fresh rosemary
1 tbsp. chopped fresh thyme
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
Olive Oil
Balsamic Vinegar (the older, the better!:))
Note: For those of you who aren't familiar with mascarpone, it's a delicious soft italian cheese that you can usually find in the fine cheese section of your grocery's deli. The mascarpone really makes this fabulous but if you can't locate any, you can substitute 5 oz. cream cheese mixed with 2 T. sour cream.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into very thin slices.
Lightly drizzle olive oil over pizza crust then spread with mascarpone cheese. Sprinkle with garlic salt. 
Layer potatoes over the mascarpone and sprinkle with rosemary, thyme, and kosher salt. Drizzle olive oil over entire pizza (about 1 T).
Bake at 425 degrees for 18-25 minutes, until potatoes are soft and crust is crispy.
Remove from oven and drizzle with balsamic vinegar. Serve immediately.
26 comments:
I have to try this, I keep hearing about it everywhere! It sounds so odd, but all the reviews seem to be really, really good!
Oh that looks so delicious! I love sweet potato anything! I must try this :D
This looks great! I'll have to try it one night when I'm cooking for myself.
This looks amazing! YummY!
Fabulous pizza! We adore pizza. This is the perfect way to get my "sweet potato haters" to like them! Thanks for the cream cheese tip, that's a new one for me.
what a great way to use sweet potatoes. Awesome, thanks for sharing!
Your pizza recipe looks delicious. Did your kids like it? I definitely want to try this ... I think my boys would really enjoy it (they're pretty adventurous). BTW, I LOVE your new blog design. Way to go!
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Liz,
The kids were on the fence--Little H gobbled it up. Big C took to potatoes off (she was in a weird mood). Little C wasn't interested in lunch at all but enjoyed what she ate. If you think the balsamic vinegar is too tart, you can leave it off. It really just tastes like a decadent cheese pizza.
Hope you're doing well!!
-Mandy
holy cow that looks like the best pizza ever! on my must cook list!
That sounds and looks delicious. Have a terrific Tuesday!
I made this last night - it was so good! My husband was watching me put it together and said "yeah I'm not eating that", but I made him try a bite and then he wouldn't leave my leftovers alone! My son wasn't a fan of the "green things" on top and only ate one bite. But he is sick too, and hasn't been eating much of anything lately. He loves sweet potatoes, so I bet he will eat it next time. Thanks so much for the recipe!
I am so glad to hear that you tried it and that your hubby loved it, too! Sorry your son isn't feeling well and next time you can leave off some of the "green stuff":) on part of it. Thanks for sharing your review, it made my day!
-Mandy
wowsers! how unique and yummy!!!!!!
I've never bought Mascarpone cheese but I bought some today so I can make this yummy pizza! I can't wait to try it!
We tried it and loved it! It's so good and we found out that it's a huge hit in Korea, they love sweet potato pizza! I found this out because my kids are adopted from S. Korea and after posting about your recipe on FB some friends said they knew about this from when they had lived in Korea! One of my kids new favorite recipes, thank you so much!
This recipe looks delicious. Not sure about being able to find the cheese in our little rural area, but thank you so much for the substitution. I am thinking everyone but my 13 year old daughter will love this. Sweet potato anything turns her off completely. So glad I found the link to this recipe and your blog.
My grocery store has yams and they are more orange than the potatoes in your picture. Have you tried it with the more orangey kind of sweet potato/yam? I thought they were the same thing, but then heard that they are 2 different things. Some grocers label yams as sweet potatoes and so I'm all confused. lol
Any advice for me? :D
Sweet potatoes come in a variety of colors, ranging from white to orange to purple! What the grocery store is calling a "yam" is actually probably a sweet potato and is fine for this recipe. The taste varies somewhat depending on the color, but they're all good!!
The only time I would stick to using a light color is if you were making something that you didn't want tinted orange (like the potato candy). Hope that helps! Let me know how the pizza turns out!
p.s.
I just found out that today the U.S. Department of Agriculture requires labels with the term ‘yam’ to be accompanied by the term ‘sweet potato.’ Unless you specifically search for yams, which are usually found in an international market, you are probably eating sweet potatoes!
Hmm thats good to know Mandy.
I just made this pizza and just finished my last bite. I am a die hard sweet potato fan. I thought this pizza was pretty good but I feel it lacked a little flavor. It may be because I used EVOO instead of regular or that I didnt have fresh herbs. The cheese is incrediable though!
Thank you for sharing this recipe!
I made this pizza, but also tried to make my own pizza crust because I try to avoid pre-packaged foods. The end product turned out pretty frustrating. I would recommend only trying these toppings once you master pizza crust because it's really hard to spread this type of cheese on crust. I tried cooking the crust part way and then adding the ingredients, but it was hard to spread the cheese on something warm. And then I just threw everything on the second one and put in the oven. Turned out ok, but make sure the potato slices are thin enough to cook quickly. I also would add more spice.
Thank you for the feedback. Maybe you could try melting the cream cheese in the microwave before spreading it on the parbaked crust...? What spices did you try? Were they good? I'd love to try some variations!
I also just saw that when I typed this recipe, I put a tsp. of both rosemary and thyme. I meant tbsp.! No wonder some of you thought there weren't enough herbs. We use about a tablespoon of each, chopped. So sorry! Ack.
Mandy, I made this for my kids and they asked for it again the next night. I even put some in my boy's bento. Love it! Blogged here: http://happylittlebento.blogspot.com/2010/05/pink-bunny-pizza-bento.html
Thanks for the recipe!
I made this tonight and it was a real hit! Served with artichokes from my garden and fresh pineapple. It felt like a real gourmet treat!
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