two consecutive nights that is. sunday night sean’s friend came over with his girlfriend for pizza and beers and weeds. they brought their border collie puppy, lina, over to play with luxe and jezebel, which is always fun. we ate and drank and were merry. the toppings: tomato, basil and fresh mozzarella–classic and tasty. monday night we repeated the pizza grilling (much to sean’s delight), except i drank iced tea, watched scrubs and had our pups for company. the toppings: tomato, spicy italian sausage, onions and fontina–so good.
i was a bit wary about grilling pizza, but i have been wanting to try it–as well as making a yeast dough. the proverbial two birds one stone. it was a great success and i already have plans to make another batch and the topping combinations are cycling endlessly through my brain. it was a great and welcome reprieve from the grill standards of burgers and hot dogs…not that i dislike either…
i used deb’s recipe for the crust and subbed half of the flour with whole wheat flour. i made a simple tomato sauce that i didn’t record, so i suggest using your fave. i also rolled the crust really thin, since i enjoy crispy-crunchy crust.
*i did double the recipe and freeze one half, which i used for monday night. it defrosted well and tasted great.
**i should also add that one should grill one side of the crust, flip, top it (on the grilled side) and grill the other side. this ensures pizza perfection.
[eatingclub] vancouver || js
The pizzas look fantastic! I’ll take your “first-time” grilled pizza over any commercial pizza anytime.
Bonbon Oiseau
this looks awesome..
Becky
yumyum. grilled pizza is the best! i especially love that first photo.
GirlCanBake
I love grilled pizza, but ti took me a bit to get over the initial fear! Yours looks lovely!
crunchbot
looks delicious! Im definitely going to try this soon!
~Madeline~
I’ve been meaning to try grilling pizza for ages now and after these photos, I need to make it! It looks so good.
matt wright
I first tried making grilled pizza when going through a kitchen remodel 6 months ago. I was flawed by how good it was! The crust gets really crispy, very similar to that from a decent pizza house.
I actually prefer it in some ways to pizza cooked in an oven, with a pizza stone. There is a smokeness to it that is just great.
Really great job, this looks very tasty.
cindy*
eating club, bonbon, becky: thanks!
girl can bake: i agree completely.
crunchbot and meadleine: try it! you will be pleased, i promise. i am a bread dough novice, and it worked for me.
matt: i agree about the crust. the grill really lends a nice flavor and i think the high heat really helps as well. and thank you! i am completely flattered!
Tartelette
Grilled pizza is always so good and yours turned out awsome!
Kevin
I have not tried a grilled pizza yet but those look really good!
The Mood Food Blog
Hey there! I love grilled pizza’s and you pics look really great! 🙂
Bailey
YUM! i miss living with you and all your wonderful “cindy’s gonna cook” nights! i could definitely go for some grilled pizza! it looks scrumptious!
Katie
I want this. Let’s make this and by let’s I mean I will help and by help I mean hand you things and tell you have amazingly amazing everything looks and smells. xoxo