Grilled Garden Pizza
posted by virtual chef on Sep 4, 2009 | Appetizers, Entrees |
Pizza at our house is usually the Combo slice at Costco since we live just 5 minutes away (and no freeway trips required). We like Costco pizza because it’s cheap and tasty enough for us. But once in a while, especially when I have extra dough sitting in my refrigerator, I get the urge to make homemade pizza, usually just a small one enough for two people. I have enough ingredients in my refrigerator to make today’s lunch special: Grilled Garden Pizza! My husband thought it was a silly name. Why would you grill a garden? Funny…really.
I used olive oil dough as my pizza crust. (I had some in my refrigerator, ready for my cheese breadsticks recipe.) Basil and tomatoes were from my container garden. I had some leftover homemade ricotta and mozzarella cheese and pre-made roasted peppers and garlic. Add some fresh spinach leaves, throw it in a hot grill and lunch is served!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 pound olive oil pizza dough (or any pre-made pizza crust)
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 1/2 cup homemade ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cut homemade mozzarella cheese (sliced or grated)
- roasted pepper and garlic
- 8 – 10 grape tomatoes (or slices of any size tomatoes)
- 1/3 cup wilted spinach leaves
- 1 tsp crushed chili pepper
Directions:
- Preheat grill to 400F (has to be very hot!). Prepare crust (stretch out into rounds or whatever shape you want) and rub 1 tbs olive oil on one side.
- Grill pizza crust (oiled side up) for 1 minute on high or until it starts forming “bubbles” . Flip crust. Rub the remaining olive oil on top.
- Add all remaining ingredients, close the grill and let cook 1 – 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.  Serve warm.
Note:
After I flipped the crust, I turned the grill to lowest setting then added the rest of the ingredients and closed the grill to cook, checking every minute.
Must grill a pizza while it’s still toasty out. It’d be a great dinner.
This looks so fresh and delicious! Grilling has become my favorite way to cook pizza. The crust is crispy on the outside, but soft in the middle – perfect. I love that you used homemade ricotta.
What can I say – -G O R G E O U S !!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!
Delicious. I love Costco pizza, too. It’s stuff like this that make me wish I had an outdoor grill. Heck, I’d even be happy with a little baby hibachi. Pizza looks awesome!!
oh yum! I have been wanting to try grilled pizza. You pizza looks so delicious and I love all of the toppings you used
Looks great. I love grilled pizza. It is a family fav.
Thank you so much for sharing. i love it!
I like it a little irregular in shape, subtly shown its homemade character.
I have never grilled pizza, I really want to try. This looks amazing!
yummy ! I love BBQ pizza !! Pic’s are geat !
love those garden pizza!! can I have a slice?
That looks special! But I don’t think I can make that kind of pizza. Why? ‘Coz I don’t have a garden! Ay yay yay!
I can only make Grilled Garage Pizza. (Lol!)
Yummy Pizza ! Thank you for sharing. Cheers !
Those are some of my favorite pizza toppings and I love that you made your own cheese– thinking about trying that myself sometime1
Awesome looking pizza…. I love a pizza with lots of goodies on it and these look like yummy goodies to me!
The Duo Dishes: perfect weather for that!
Cookin’ Canuck: I seem to be making a lot of homemade ricotta lately ..LOL…yes, the soft /crispy combination of the crust is what makes this grilled pizza amazing!
MB: thanks for stopping by Ms. Belinda…I will have to try a Batali version some time.
jenn: i think a baby hibachi will work as well. i have tried this using a grill pan on the stove, you know. LOL! it went fast (perhaps i was craving pizza too much~!!!)
Jessie: thank you. it’s great when ingredients are available readily…LOL
Miranda: you are welcome!
TasteHongkong: yep…no matter what i do, it never gets to look round! as long as it tastes good!!
Hannah: thanks, hannah. just a quick way of cooking pizza!
Connie: thanks!!
peachkins: i’ll reserve a slice for you…next time..hehehe. I ate all of it for merienda! LOL
tita be: hehehe…grilled garage pizza….LOL….rotfl!!!
sizzlechef: thanks for stopping by!
april: making homemade cheese is not so difficult…! can’t wait to see what you’ll make after you make your first cup of ricotta cheese!
This looks really good and a fast meal. You have a nice site with yummy recipes:)
Wow, the combination of everything you topped the pizza with and grilling it sounds unbeatable! Looks delicious!
Spicie Foodie: thank you! glad you stopped by.
Gina: and tastes delicious, too! thanks for stopping by.
That looks SO good! I have been meaning to try pizza on the grill, but haven’t gotten around to it yet. Luckily I live in south Florida, so grilling season is year round for us.
annie: yep..we tend to load our pizza with whatever is available…LOL
Shauna: lucky you to be able to grill anytime!
Good heavens!
Your grilled pizza looks amazing!