Have you ever tried using your grill to cook a homemade pizza? If you haven’t done it before you should try it! Not only is it easy to do, the pizza has a wonderful crispy crust and you are not heating up your house cooking it inside! I usually make a homemade crust but there are several options available at the grocery store if you want to save that step and purchase one. If you use your favorite homemade pizza dough recipe spread both sides with corn meal to keep it from sticking to the grill grates.
You are then ready to put the pizza crust on a hot grill. The crust will cook quickly so watch it carefully to make sure it doesn’t get to dark. Usually it will only take a couple of minutes. Once you see grill marks simply flip it over so both sides are cooked evenly. *We will be putting it back on the grill with the toppings for the final cooking.) When finished the crust should have char marks on it.
When it is done remove the crust to a cutting board or cookie sheet. Now you are ready for your toppings. We like to be creative but you can use any toppings that you like. Our favorite is chicken, bacon, ranch with spinach. The ranch dressing is our pizza sauce Make sure that your toppings aren’t piled too high since we will be returning it to the grill to finish cooking.
If you have a charcoal grill the last cooking will be done with indirect heat meaning that you will want to gather your coals to one side of the grill. The pizza will cook in the other side. I have a gas grill so I simply turn off one side of the burners. This indirect heat will be like putting it in your oven. The toppings will heat and the cheese will melt. The result will be a pizza that your family will rave about!
Looks yummy Beth! Maybe we should try it!