Pizza on the Grill

Well, today's recipe comes from a guest cook. My good friend Laura invited my family over on Friday night to enjoy dinner with her family. Her new favorite summer recipe is making pizza on the grill. I was intrigued, plus a night out with friends is always a welcome thing, so we headed over to their house. The pizza was delicious! The kids loved it and so did my husband and I. I don't think there was any left over. So, thank you Laura for a great new recipe, and a good night with friends!

Here is the dough recipe and then the toppings that we used. The great thing about this recipe is that you can mix it up to fit whatever mood you are in. Try adding BBQ sauce and grilled chicken or any variety of vegetable toppings. I took lots of pictures, so I stuck them in a slide show with comments on them. The dough has to sit for an hour, but the actual cooking time is nothing! I think we made 4 pizzas which fed both of our families (11 of us total) in about15 minutes. We had salad and watermelon and cantalope for sides.

Grilled Pizza dough

• 2 cups bread flour


• Pinch salt


• 1 tablespoon sugar


• 1 teaspoon (or envelope package) yeast


• 1 tablespoon whole wheat flour (optional, adds texture and color)


• 1 cup water


• 1/3 cup olive oil

1. Stir ingredients together for 1 1/2 minutes.


2. Remove dough from bowl, cover with towel, and allow to rest for one hour in a warm location.


3. Cut dough into four pieces. Roll out each piece, and let rest for 15 minutes.


4. Then, roll out each piece to about 9 inches in diameter. Stack the rolled dough rounds, dusted with flour and separated by waxed or parchment paper until you're ready to grill the pizzas.