Foodie Friday: Grilled Pizza

On Monday night we tried something new that I've been wanting to make for a while - grilled pizza! Adam was incredibly skeptical and kept asking, "What's your plan when this doesn't work?!" He was convince the dough would stick to the grate and we'd have a big gooey mess. But with some olive oil brushed on the dough and a little spray on the grates, nothing stuck! And it was delicious!

Adam made dough from scratch using the usual recipe from Betty Crocker, but I'm sure any pizza dough recipe would work. Then I divided the dough up into 6 balls and rolled them out. We prepped our toppings (turkey pepperoni, pickled jalepeno slices, green olives & mozz) and took them outside to a table. We had a little prep table going which was essential.

The coals were set to one side so that half the grill would get direct heat, and the other half would get indirect. Then we put on the first dough round onto the coal side, covered the grill back up for about a minute, and then took it off when the crust was bubbly on top and had nice grill marks on the bottom.

Bubbly and ready to come off the grill

See the nice grill marks!

I prepped the pizzas with sauce (pesto), cheese and toppings at my little prep station.

Then it was time to go back on the grill on the indirect heat side for 3-4 minutes with the cover on (just long enough for the cheese to melt).

Yum! The dough was flaky yet chewy and delicious. And of course, there was a hint of charcoal flavor. We still need to do a little experimenting with it, but decided this would be a fun thing to make with friends or family over.