Grilled Pizza

Pizza cooked on a charcoal or wood fired grill is one of my favorite ways to cook pizza in the summer when it's too hot to turn on the oven but also love it anytime of year since it is a family favorite. We used a webber but a similar technique can be used on other charcoal or wood barbecues. Charcoal or hardwood adds a delicious smokey flavor to the pizza. The simple step by step recipe makes it easy to make delicious pizza from scratch at home. 

You can never go wrong with Pizza night at least in our house. Other Pizza recipes we love that I think you will too is French Bread Pizza, Pepperoni Pizza Grilled Cheese, and how to make Homemade Pizza Dough. 

Pizza's a Friday night staple in our house and Charcoal Grilled Pizza is definitely a family favorite.

It take the fuss and hassle of deciding what's for dinner at the end of a long week.

Since the weather's been amazingly gorgeous in Washington the last few weeks we've been some pizza grilling fools.

So when we were planning Mas's 9th Birthday Party and he requested pizza for dinner I knew as long as the weather was nice Grilled Pizza it was.

I still can't believe he's already 9! Times gone way to fast, I wish I had a time slowing machine to keep them young just a little bit longer.... **Sniffles** He's the ham in the house and always keep us all entertained.

Love that boy! I'm surprised he didn't just face plant into the cake.

Just for the record I had a major cake mishap, yes cooking disasters happen to me too. Mas wanted a chocolate cake so I made him my Moist Chocolate Cake and decided to fill it with Oreo Cookies and Cream Ice Cream and a fudge frosting.

Well I hadn't made an ice cream cake in quite a few years and forgot to freeze the cake layers..

Even though the cake layers were cool they still caused the ice cream to soften. 

Then Colt and I then attempted to frost the cake and the ice cream started to melt faster then we could cover it up.. It was a hopeless mess.. The cake tasted amazing, it just won't be winning any cake decorator of the year awards. But Mas was happy so that's all that matters.

Anyways here's how to make Charcoal Grilled Pizza. 

Alright so on to the grilled pizza... There's two ways to make the pizza.

No matter which way you choose: Heat a charcoal grill using off set heat method placing all hot coals on one side of the grill.

Option 1: Sprinkle cornmeal on a pizza peel and shaped Perfect Pizza Dough.

Cover lightly with Homemade Pizza Sauce 1/3 pound of shredded mozzarella cheese and desired toppings.

Sprinkle with an additional 1/2 cup of mozzarella..

Then the secret is to sprinkle with a little bit of Italian seasoning.

Option 2: I find this way a little bit easier.

 Spread the Perfect Pizza Dough on a pizza peel covered with cornmeal. 

Gently slide the pizza dough onto the side of the grill without any coals.

Cover dough lightly with Pizza Sauce, then cheese and desired toppings. 

Cover with additional cheese and italian seasoning.

If you did option one carefully slide pizza onto the side of the grill without coals.

Cover grill and bake until pizza is browned and cheese is melted and bubbly.

About 8-15 minutes.

Use a pizza peel or flat cookie sheet to remove pizza from grill.

Allow pizza to cool for about 5 minutes before slicing.

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Dinner, Lunch

Italian

Yield: 6-8

Author: Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch

Grilled Pizza

Pizza cooked on a charcoal or wood fired grill is one of my favorite ways to cook pizza in the summer when it's too hot to turn on the oven but also love it anytime of year since it is a family favorite. We used a webber but a similar technique can be used on other charcoal or wood barbecues. Charcoal or hardwood adds a delicious smokey flavor to the pizza. The simple step by step recipe makes it easy to make delicious pizza from scratch at home.

Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 30 Min

Ingredients

• 1 Recipe Perfect Pizza Dough or Your Favorite Pizza Dough
• 1/4 cup Cornmeal
• 1 Recipe Homemade Pizza Sauce or Favorite Pizza Sauce
• 1 pound Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• Desired Toppings: Pepperoni, Canadian Bacon, Bell Pepper, Mushrooms, Olives, Pineapple and Fresh Tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning

Instructions

1. Heat charcoal on only one side of charcoal grill to cook pizza using off set heat until coal start to become ashen and hot.
2. Add about 1-2 tablespoons cornmeal to a pizza peel or flat cookie sheet without a rim.
3. Gently stretch pizza dough into a large pizza to fit on pizza peel.
4. Place dough on pizza peel or cookie sheet. Transfer pizza dough to hot grill over the side of the grill without coals.
5. Lightly spread pizza sauce on dough leaving about 1/2" around the edge. Cover pizza sauce with 1/3 pound of cheese. Cover with desired toppings and an additional 1/2 cup of cheese. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon Italian Seasoning.
6. Cover grill and cook pizza until lightly brown and cheese is bubbly about 8-15 minutes.
7. Remove pizza from grill using pizza peel or flat cookie sheet. Allow pizza to cool for 5 minutes before slicing.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

436.99

Fat

21.48 g

Sat. Fat

11.35 g

Carbs

37.86 g

Fiber

1.74 g

Net carbs

36.12 g

Sugar

4.94 g

Protein

23.36 g

Sodium

1020.01 mg

Cholesterol

64.25 mg

The nutritional information and metric conversions are calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data. If this important to you, please verify with your favourite nutrition calculator and/or metric conversion tool.

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