Thursday, August 27, 2009

Grilled Pizza


*New change: I made this tonight and used Naan Bread instead of making dough and skip the step of grilling dough for 1 minute before placing toppings.  The Naan Bread was really good...we just started adding the toppings right from the package and place straight on the grill.  You could also try the Boboli pizza crusts but I have not tried it so I couldn't say how it would taste. Naan Bread can be found at Walmart and most grocery stores in the bakery department.

I saw this one on The Sisters' Cafe and have been wanting to try it. It has been so warm and humid the last few weeks we (meaning me) have not been wanting to cook...so we've been using the grill any chance we can. Today we tried this pizza and it was really good!

I used this bread dough recipe: (This recipe will make 4 pizzas. I doubled this to make 8 individual sized pizzas)

1 1/2 c. warm water
2 tbsp. sugar
1 pkg. yeast
1 tsp. salt
3 1/2 cups flour

Activate yeast in water and sugar, then add salt and flour, knead well and let rise once. Divide into 4 balls and roll flat to about 1/4 inch. I think mine were about 8 inches in diameter.

I brushed the dough with melted garlic butter to avoid sticking to the grill. Place on clean, heated grill for about 1 minute and then flip over using tongs. Cook for an additional 30 seconds. Watch carefully...I burned my first couple! Remove from grill and spread pizza sauce and then choice of toppings. Replace in grill for 5-10 minutes or until cheese is melted. I rotated them around from the top shelf in the grill to the bottom to avoid burning. Serve with side salad and enjoy!

Sauce: You can use canned pizza or jar spaghetti sauce, it's easy. I used a can of tomato sauce with some garlic salt, dried onion, oregano, basil , pepper and parsley. I didn't measure anything...I think it was pretty much 1/2 tsp. to 1 tsp. of it all. Sorry....

Suggested toppings: sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, diced ham, black/green olives, onion, green pepper, mushroom, pineapple, tomato slices. Sprinkle with parmesan. For Margarita Pizza use marinara, fresh basil, fresh tomatoes and mozzerella! YUM

5 comments:

Lis Drage said...

YUMMY. They look awesome.

JO said...

my mouth is watering!

Shepherd Family ACALPM said...

yeah this looks awesome!

Mindy said...

I'm glad you liked the grilled pizza! Yours looks fabulous, by the way. It makes me want to fire up the grill even though it is only 9:45am. :)

mrs. farlanderz said...

where is the chocolate truffle cake post my bloglist is teasing me with!!!!!?????