Thursday, August 1, 2013

Grilled pizza is yummy

We don't use our grill very often.  Tom's groomsmen got it for him when we got married and he loves it.  All his friends talk about grilling all the time and it makes me jealous.  Since we live in a neighborhood where you aren't exactly going to leave your grill out on the patio for anyone to see (or take) we have to get it in and out of our detached garage every time we want to use it.  This may not sound too bad but Tom regards it as a huge pain in the butt.  You have to use keys to go in the side door of the garage.  Then open the barn door style front doors to the garage, wheel the grill out of the garage and down the ally.  Then open the side gate and maneuver the grill through the gate and then kind of lift it up over a lip so it is on the patio.  Now I timed Tom and it only took 2 minutes... but apparently its 2 very frustrating minutes because he hates to do it. Side note: Eventually we plan to put up a 6 foot wooden fence so that people can not see into our yard and then the grill can be left outside to be used more often (although it will still be chained to the back porch).  I know, I know mom if you're reading this you're thinking "Just move someplace where no one will steal your grill if you leave it outside."  That's a whole different conversation.

ANYWAY..... grilled pizza.  I used the bread maker to make the pizza dough (seriously this bread maker is amazing. I'm including a link to it here: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=40118208).  Tom stretched the dough and we had enough for two pizzas.

 
He went outside to start grilling the dough.  Just brush the side that will be on the grill with olive oil first. 
 
While he was outside hard at work I sautéed some peppers and onions for one of the pizzas. 


 
 So once one side of the pizza is grilled you flip it and put the toppings on the already grilled side.  That way while the other side is grilling the cheese will also be melting.

Pizza number one: Marinara sauce, peppers and onions and mozzarella cheese.
 



Pizza number two: BBQ sauce and shredded chicken (I was making chicken in the crockpot or buffalo chicken dip so I just took a few spoonful's for the pizza) and mozzarella cheese.

 This little guy is from some dough that Tom ripped off one of the other pizzas.  This kid that lives behind us was riding his bike up and down the ally while we were grilling and asked us what we were making.  He was amazed that you could make pizza on the grill so Tom made him a piece.

 

 There you have it.  Grilled Pizza!  So delicious.  It was one of the best summer evenings this summer.  Grilled pizza and summer shandy.  And we sat outside to eat and play phase 10 since it was only in the low 80's. Awesome :)

 
 
 
P.S.- Brigette here is a link for a recipe for gluten free pizza dough.  It has powered milk in it but I'm sure  you could either skip that since its a small amount of substitute something else (maybe almond milk?)  If you make this and use that vegan cheese you guys could have pizza!!!!!