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.