I did a little bit of research on the web to find the best pairings for taleggio cheese. I read on www.LaCucinaItaliana.com that Italian love to pair taleggio cheese with mostarda. You might be wondering WTFork is mostarda. To keep things as simple as possible mostarda is a spicy northern Italian condiment made usually (but not always) of candied fruit and a mustard flavored syrup. I also read on La Cucina Italiana that there are six basic types of mostarda. One happened to be squash and then I got the idea in my head to make a mostarda style acorn squash so I could use that on my taleggio pizza. OMG!!! It was one of the most delicious pizzas that I have ever eaten. Even my husband couldn’t believe how amazing it was…He said that he was frightened of it but when he tasted it he just never imagined that it would be so delicious. You can read on how I make pizza dough on www.TheForkingTruth.com

This is how I made the acorn squash mostarda.

Makes around 8 servings

One squash cut in around 3/4 inch 1/2 rings with the seeds and membranes removed

1 cup sugar

1 lemon (the juice)

2 Tablespoon mustard powder

1-2 Tablespoons Pommery Moutarde Royale mustard (French Cognac mustard)

1/2 cup water

sea salt to taste

pepper to taste

Set oven to 350 degrees F

Spread out squash on a baking sheet with edges or a baking dish. Lightly salt and pepper the squash.

In a small bowl mix up the sugar, lemon juice, mustard powder, mustard, water, Pour it over the squash and cover with foil. Place on the middle rack for 30 minutes. It will be messy but after 30 minutes flip the squash and in around 15 minutes the squash will be done. Use this mostarda style squash to pair with taleggio cheese.

I also added some pickled leeks to the top of the pizza….I was too busy to take a nice photo of the pizza. But here are some other pizzas I made.

Here is the acorn squash mostarda.

Acorn Squash Mostarda and Taleggio Cheese are FORKING Amazing together.

Enjoy!