I make people pizza. It’s what I do. If you have an oven, or better yet a grill, and some people, I’ll come over and make pizza for you. Really. Sometimes my family even gets lucky, and I’ll come over and make pizza for them.
Two weekends ago it was The Box’s birthday. So I hurried home like a dutiful daughter for the celebrations
A party just isn’t a party unless it’s a pizza party. Therefore, I set to work over a hot grill making fresh pies for The Box, Marmo, John and even Toby.
This isn’t going to be your usual exhaustive instructional on how to make pizza. This will be a handy list and basic how to on how to GRILL pizza.
In order to successfully grill pizza, you need a few things:
1. A reckless disregard for eyebrow singe.
2. Quick hands.
3. An assistant (one who will preferably keep pouring you good wine).
4. Pizza dough. You can use my basic recipe here.
5. Mise en place. This is a French term meaning everything should be in its place. This means your toppings. Slice the cheese, put seasonings in bowls, have that olive oil bottle handy, along with a brush to apply it. Get the cutting board ready for the finished pie, etc. That grill gets HOT and you don’t have much time to get everything in its place ON the pie, so everything should be in its place BEFOREHAND. This minimizes disaster.
6. Oven mitt and tongs are useful in hot situations (not always grill related).
7. Oil your dough beforehand (use aforementioned pastry brush).
8. Stretch the dough out.
9. Place it on the grill. Close the lid. Bake for 2 minutes.
10. Flip the dough.
11. Put the toppings on. Close the lid. Bake for 2 minutes.
12. Remove the pizza. Eat.
13. Repeat.
14. Where is that assistant with the wine???
For The Box, I made two pizzas: Cherry Tomato, Salami, Goat Cheese and Arugula Pizza and Apple, Smoked Gouda, Onion Jam and Arugula Pizza. You can see how it all played out here:
Here are the finished results:
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Sometimes, the grill gets a little crazy and the flipping and placing of the dough gets a little wonky:
Pizzas are not always round. And the irregular shapes are good for grabbing. This was not the result of too much wine.
You may be wondering how to make onion jam. Check out Martha Stewart’s super easy recipe. Mess around with it and see how it turns out for you.
Everyone was very pleased with the results.
Except for John who looks moderately skeptical.
And just downright angry. It could’ve been the golf. Or the hair. Or perhaps he didn’t like the wine. But you can’t blame the pizza. Not if I’m making it, anyway.
Even Toby got some.
And see how happy he was?
