Gimme’ All Your Dough… Grilled Pizza

Ingredients

Yield:

4 servings

• Pizza Dough

  • 4 cup bread flour (all purpose flour)
  • 4 tsp kosher salt
  • 2 tsp instant yeast
  • 1.5 cup water
  • OR
  • 1 ea raw pizza dough - purchased from the store

• Sausage & Pepper Pizza

  • 1 recipe pizza dough
  • 4 tbsp sundried tomato pesto
  • 2 ea fresh mozzarella (come in 6 to 8 oz balls)
  • 2 ea wild boar sausage - grilled (or preferred sausage)
  • 1 ea fresh banana pepper (or canned)
  • 2 cup cherry tomato - cut in half
  • 1/4 bunch fresh basil
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

• Mushroom & Kale Pizza

  • 1 recipe pizza dough
  • 4 tbsp herb pesto
  • 2 cup mushrooms (selection of your favourite)
  • 1 cup kale
  • 1 ea shallot
  • 4 tbsp goat cheese
  • 1 cup arugula
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

Preparation

Difficulty:

Medium

Time:

1.5 HoursPrep Time

Total Time:

2.5 HoursTotal Time

1. Pizza Dough

   1. In a large bowl combine flour, salt & yeast ensuring ingredients are evenly distributed
   2. Using your hand, mix in water until no dry flour is visible
   3. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and leave at room temp for 8 to 12 hours
   4. Remove dough from bowl and place on a lightly floured surface
   5. Divide dough into 4 equal balls and place each bowl in its own ziplock bag
   6. Place bags in fridge for a minimum of 24 hours up to 4 days
   7. Before shaping dough allow to rest at room temperature for 1 hour
   8. Roll out dough in a well floured surface into a round shape about 10” in diameter
   9. Don’t stress if you end up with an odd shape, it’ll taste the same
   10. If time is an issue you may be able to find premade raw dough in some grocery stores or specialty markets

2. Pizza Preperation

   1. Begin by setting half your grill to medium-high and the other to medium-low, if you have a pizza stone you may place it on the grill (follow pizza stone’s cooking instructions) however it is not a required item
   2. Par-cook any topping requiring longer cooking times, such as grilling sausage, sautéing mushrooms with shallots & sautéing kale
   3. Peppers may be roasted at this time as well to enhance their flavour
   4. Prepare toppings by slicing, chopping, grating or cutting as desired
   5. Once grill is hot, roll out the first of your 4 pizza dough’s, dust off excess flour and lightly brush top of dough with oil
   6. Place dough on medium-high side of grill oil side down, brush other side lightly with oil
   7. Check bottom of dough after 45sec, bottom should be browning with a few charred spots
   8. Flip dough and allowing other side to also brown
   9. Once dough is cooked, move to cooler side of grill, apply pesto, cheese and toppings excluding herbs or greens
   10. Close lid to melt cheese
   11. Transfer pizza to a cutting board and slice, garnish with fresh basil or arugula