Grilled Pizza (with pics)

I put this on the photo contest, too, but thought I would put it on a separate thread for people who aren't interested in the contest.

Another one of my lengthy step-by-step posts. This time, I'm grilling pizza. This is REALLY good, if you haven't done this, yet.

First, make your favorite pizza dough recipe - or by some from the store or your local pizzaria. Making it yourself really does taste better, though.

Put some EVOO on one side of the dough. I tore a small hole in the dough before I started. Such is life. I would have fixed it if it made a whit of difference in how the pizza tasted...


I heat the grill up to about 400 degrees.


Put the pizza dough directly on the grill - oil side down over INDIRECT heat (so as not to burn the crust).


While the dough is cooking, I toast some pine nuts right there on the grill.


After 3 minutes, I pull the dough off the grill. I put some EVOO on the uncooked side and then flip it so the cooked side is up. You can see the grill markings on the crust. I start adding the toppings. This picture only has EVOO and fresh chopped garlic.



I add the rest of my ingredients, starting with fresh mozzarella, fresh grated fontina cheese, fresh grated parmesan, fresh thyme, fresh rosemary, fresh basil, and fresh tomato. See a pattern? Everything is fresh, and the pizza smells amazing. I put a little fresh ground pepper and toasted pine nuts, too.


Add my TD reference just before removing from the grill. I know not everyone likes a sauceless pizza, but this pizza is frikkin' fantastic when you use a homemade crust and all fresh ingredients.