Pizza Dough For The Grill
Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
Preparation Time: 2 hrs
Cook Time: 10 mins
Ingredients
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package dry yeast
- 1 cup water, lukewarm
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 basil leaves, chopped
- 1/2 cup romano cheese, grated
- salt, 1-2 pinches
- black pepper, to taste
- 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour, plus more for rolling out on board
- 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal, plus 1/4 cup more for lining cookie sheets
Recipe
- 1 combine the lukewarm water and yeast in a medium bowl. stir and set aside until yeast has dissolved or until bubbles have formed on top, about 10 minutes.
- 2 stir in 2 tablespoons of olive oil, basil, romano cheese, salt and black pepper.
- 3 slowly add 2 1/2 cups of the flour and 1/3 cup of the cornmeal, until mixture is too sticky to stir. dust a cutting board with flour and turn dough out onto surface.
- 4 knead the dough; add more flour as necessary. continue kneading the dough until it is smooth and elastic, and no longer sticky.
- 5 brush the bowl with the remaining tablespoon of olive oil, and return the dough to bowl. cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and place in a warm, draft free spot for about 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.
- 6 punch down the dough and turn out onto a floured work surface. divide dough into 6 to 8 equal portions. cover the dough and allow to rise for another 1/2 hour.
- 7 sprinkle 1/4 cup of cornmeal on 2 ungreased cookie sheets. uncover balls of dough with towel. working on a flour surface, use your fingertips or a rolling pin to flatten each piece until you have a thin circle of dough.
- 8 to grill the dough:.
- 9 place the shaped dough directly over the heated portion of the grill. grill until bubbles begin to form on top side of dough, about 4-5 minutes. flip the dough and continue to cook. remove when pizza shell is fully cooked but not burned.
- 10 create your own pizza:.
- 11 spread a thin layer of good quality tomato sauce on pizza crust.
- 12 top with your favorite toppings and fresh slices of mozzarella or goat cheese and fresh herbs like basil or thyme.
- 13 drizzle a small amount of olive oil over the top of pizza or use small dollops of pesto sauce and season with salt and pepper.
- 14 place on indirect heat portion of grill and cook until cheese has melted and dough is warmed through. usually just a few minutes.
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