Keri's Grilled Pizza

by skelee

Grilled Pizza is fabulous. Especially when you use the Trader Joe's Pizza Crusts

INGREDIENTS

1 Pizza dough ; Trader Joes
1/2 cup Cornmeal
Caramelized Onions
2 tablespoons Brown sugar
2 Large sweet onions ; thinly sliced and separated into rings
Sauce Options
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons Dried basil
2 teaspoons Dried oregano
1 teaspoon Garlic powder
Sauce Option 2
1/4 cup Extra virgin olive oil
1-2 cloves Garlic ; pasted
Salt and pepper to taste
Sauce Option 3
1 Jar Prepared Pesto ; Trader Joes
Sauce Option 4
1/2 cup pasta sauce ; jarred
Toppings
2 cups Mozzarella ; shredded
Quattro Formagio ; Trader Joes
3 ounces Gorgonzola ; crumbled
1/4 cup pitted Greek olives ; chopped
sliced black olives
Pepperoni
Sausage ; cooked
Plum tomatoes ; chopped
1 Jar Roasted Red Peppers
Red onion ; sliced
Jalepenos
Parmesan cheese ; grated

Servings

INSTRUCTIONS

Turn on Gas Grill and put Pizza Stone on it to heat.

Set dough out on top of a good amount of Cornmeal for 30 minutes to relax the gluten.

If using Caramelized Onions, get them cooking.

Roll out dough according to package directions.

Place Sauce on top

Add Meat and Veggies

Top with Cheese.

Prep Tips:

1. Prepare Pizza on wooden surface with LOTS of Cornmeal (the Trader Joes pizza dough is VERY WET, so it would require more cornmeal.)

2. Shake the pizza on the board often to check for sticking. Add cornmeal to places that are sticking.

3. One online post says: One element not emphasized enough in previous answers is frequent shaking of the peel while making the pizza, especially with wet dough. Using more cornmeal or semolina (or flour) is important, but if it's not spread evenly, wet dough will eventually start to stick in places.

With a relatively dry dough, this may not be necessary. But if you're using a high hydration (wet) dough, such as for a Neapolitan style pizza, it's often useful to shake periodically. Personally, I shake at least after every addition to the crust. So, it's something like: stretch crust, place on peel, shake immediately to be sure no initial sticking, put on sauce, shake, put on cheese, shake, put on other toppings, shake, then final shake check right before opening oven just to be sure you don't have anything sticking before you begin the final slide.

Besides allowing you to use high hydration doughs, the periodic shaking has two other benefits: (1) you can detect sticking in a small area early, and potentially get it to release just by shaking before it becomes really stuck (or detach with a spatula and add extra semolina/cornmeal under that spot while allowing the crust to be more mobile without ripping under the weight of more toppings), and (2) you'll require less semolina/cornmeal/flour, which means less effect on the flavor of the pizza (most people don't like the flavor of a lot of raw flour or cornmeal stuck to the bottom of their pizza).

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Keri's Grilled Pizza

1  Pizza dough Trader Joes
1/2 cup Cornmeal 
  Caramelized Onions 
2 tablespoons Brown sugar 
2 Large sweet onions thinly sliced and separated into rings
  Sauce Options 
3 tablespoons olive oil 
2 teaspoons Dried basil 
2 teaspoons Dried oregano 
1 teaspoon Garlic powder 
  Sauce Option 2 
1/4 cup Extra virgin olive oil 
1-2 cloves Garlic pasted
  Salt and pepper to taste 
  Sauce Option 3 
1 Jar Prepared Pesto Trader Joes
  Sauce Option 4 
1/2 cup pasta sauce jarred
  Toppings 
2 cups Mozzarella shredded
  Quattro Formagio Trader Joes
3 ounces Gorgonzola crumbled
1/4 cup pitted Greek olives chopped
  sliced black olives 
  Pepperoni 
  Sausage cooked
  Plum tomatoes chopped
1 Jar Roasted Red Peppers 
  Red onion sliced
  Jalepenos 
  Parmesan cheese grated

Turn on Gas Grill and put Pizza Stone on it to heat.
Set dough out on top of a good amount of Cornmeal for 30 minutes to relax the gluten.
If using Caramelized Onions, get them cooking.
Roll out dough according to package directions.  
Place Sauce on top
Add Meat and Veggies
Top with Cheese.

Prep Tips:
1.  Prepare Pizza on wooden surface with LOTS of Cornmeal (the Trader Joes pizza dough is VERY WET, so it would require more cornmeal.)
2.  Shake the pizza on the board often to check for sticking.  Add cornmeal to places that are sticking.
3.  One online post says:  One element not emphasized enough in previous answers is frequent shaking of the peel while making the pizza, especially with wet dough. Using more cornmeal or semolina (or flour) is important, but if it's not spread evenly, wet dough will eventually start to stick in places.

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Nutrition

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (390g)
Recipe Makes: 6 Servings

Calories: 628
Calories from Fat: 331 (53%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 36.8g	49 %
	Saturated Fat 15.8g	79 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 14.5g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 2.7g
Cholesterol 89.8mg		28 %
Sodium 1316.9mg		45 %
Potassium 571.3mg		15 %
Total Carbohydrate 43.5g		13 %
	Dietary Fiber 4.3g	17 %
	Sugars, other 39.2g
Protein 31.8g		45 %
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Calories per serving: 628

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