BBQ Pizza Dough
June 25th, 2009 by chuck
Making pizza on the barbecue is fun and delicious. They are very easy and quick to make, which is great when you have company with kids. I have also found that grilling pizza adds a wonderful smoked flavor to the crust.
I’ve made pizza for the oven before, so I wanted to do something a little different. I decided to make these pizza’s in the Roman style. The kind of pizza you would find throughout Italy. They are thin, long and an oblong shape. When it comes to grilling pizza, less is better. What I mean by this is you can’t fill a pizza with the same amount as you would with a oven baked pizza.
You also want to grate your cheese finely, because the pizza will only be baked for a few minutes, or it will burn. You also need to grill the dough first and then place the topping. This way you can grill both sides of the pizza first.
I made two pizzas for the blog. The first one is a grilled leek with Italian sausage pizza. The cheese used in this is gruyere, mozzarella and parmesan cheese. The second pizza is a prosciutto, red spinach and cherry tomatoes. The cheese I used for this one is feta, mozzarella and parmesan cheese. After I grilled both pizzas I drizzled a little balsamic vinegar on top. It was amazing and I loved the sweet, sour flavor of the aged balsamic vinegar. You could also use a pesto or a pizza sauce, but use sparingly. Just brush the sauce on the pizza then place the ingredients. For both of mine I used a herbed olive oil with rosemary and garlic. After they were grilled I brush the herbed oil and then placed the grilled vegetables and cheese.
When using vegetables on a grilled pizza you will need to grill the vegetable first. Unless you like them raw, like I did with the red spinach and the cherry tomatoes. As we all know grilling vegetables on the BBQ adds a wonderful flavor. Next time you have a barbecue why not try making a pizza … you’ll love it.
For a step by step class for this great bread recipe BBQ Pizza Dough click here
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Oh, those pizzas look so scrumptious! I’d love to taste BBQed pizza dough, but unfortunately I don’t have a BBQ…
Cheers,
Rosa
I agree…those are some great looking pizza’s there! As I don’t have a bbq either I am thinking I could perhaps do them on my inside grill? Ha…my little George Foreman? I think not. Did you say you sometimes bake them in the oven? Do you use the same recipe or is it on another post? I’d love to try.
I’ve always wanted to try grilling pizza. . .These look amazing!
THat’s gorgeous! I love making pizza too! I’ve never tried grilling pizza, must be so flavourful!
That looks absolutely delicious! Love your topping choices!
Um – the recipe calls for 1 1/2 tsp of instant FLOUR. Did you mean instant YEAST?
Lovely, lovely, lovely, Chuck!
I totally dig it!
YUmmie!!!
I don’t have a BBQ grill. Do you think this will work well in the oven?
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regards
Looks amazing! Pizza dough has somewhat defeated me in the past but this brings me hope! Anything on a grill HAS to be delicious!
Picked a few friends for victims and tried making pizza on my BBQ using your dough recipe. For toppings I used bocconcini cheese, cherry tomatoes and fresh basil.
My friends now think I’m a BBQ’ed pizza superstar! Thanks!!!