Lately we have really been enjoying grilled pizza. We tried it for the first time earlier this summer and we just cannot seem to get enough of it. The challenge has been coming up with ways to make the pizza different and original. For today's pizza I adapted one of Bobby Flay's recipe which you can find here. We made two different kinds of pizza. One topped with hummus, grilled peppers, spicy sausage, grilled green onions and feta cheese. The second was topped with hummus, grilled peppers, grilled chicken, feta, grilled green onions and arugala. They were both good. However our favourite part of pizza night is the dessert pizza. It tastes like a warm elephant ear from the county fair. This was again adapted from a Bobby Flay recipe. We topped our grilled pizza with warm grilled peaches, vanilla ice-cream and left over caramel sauce. So good and yummy. I highly recommend making and eating this.
Spicy Hummus:
· 2 cups canned chickpeas
· 4 cloves garlic
· 2 teaspoons chili powder
· 1 teaspoon cumin
· 2 tablespoons lemon juice
· 1 tablespoon honey
· 1 grilled red pepper
· 2 tablespoons tahini
· 1/4 cup olive oil
· Salt and freshly ground black pepper
· Grill the pepper. Place in a bowl and cover with saran wrap. When cool cover peel the skin. Place chickpeas, garlic, chili pepper, cumin, lemon juice, honey, pepper and tahini in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth. With the machine running, slowly add the olive oil until emulsified. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
· 2 tablespoons lemon juice
· 1 tablespoon honey
· 1 grilled red pepper
· 2 tablespoons tahini
· 1/4 cup olive oil
· Salt and freshly ground black pepper
· Grill the pepper. Place in a bowl and cover with saran wrap. When cool cover peel the skin. Place chickpeas, garlic, chili pepper, cumin, lemon juice, honey, pepper and tahini in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth. With the machine running, slowly add the olive oil until emulsified. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
o 1/2 Pizza Dough, rolled into 2 (10-inch) rounds
o Canola oil
o 1 grilled yellow pepper, cut into strips
o 3 grilled scallions, thinly sliced
o 1 grilled sausage thinly sliced
o 1 grilled chicken breast thinly sliced
o Salt and freshly ground black pepper
o 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
o 1/4 cup arugala leaves
For the pizza:
Use store bought or homemade Pizza dough. Heat the grill to high. Brush both sides of the pizzas with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill until golden brown on both sides, about 2 minutes per side.
Top each pizza with the spicy hummus. Arrange any or all of the veggies and meat on top of the hummus and top with the feta cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Place the bread back on the grill, close the cover and grill for 5 minutes to heat through. Remove and add fresh arugala.
Dessert Pizza
Ingredients
· 1 store-bought pizza dough
· 3 tablespoons canola oil
· 1/4 cup granulated sugar
· 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
· 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
· 1/2 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
· Peaches
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Directions
Heat the grill to high.
Brush both sides of each pizza with the oil. Grill until golden brown on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. Remove from the grill.
Cut peaches in half. Remove the pit. Brush with canola oil. Grill until grill marks show and peaches are tender.
Mix together the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl. Brush the tops of each pizza with the butter and sprinkle with the sugar mixture. Place back on the grill, close the cover and cook an additional 1 minute. Cut into quarters and drizzle with the warm butterscotch sauce.
o Canola oil
o 1 grilled yellow pepper, cut into strips
o 3 grilled scallions, thinly sliced
o 1 grilled sausage thinly sliced
o 1 grilled chicken breast thinly sliced
o Salt and freshly ground black pepper
o 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
o 1/4 cup arugala leaves
For the pizza:
Use store bought or homemade Pizza dough. Heat the grill to high. Brush both sides of the pizzas with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill until golden brown on both sides, about 2 minutes per side.
Top each pizza with the spicy hummus. Arrange any or all of the veggies and meat on top of the hummus and top with the feta cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Place the bread back on the grill, close the cover and grill for 5 minutes to heat through. Remove and add fresh arugala.
Dessert Pizza
Ingredients
· 1 store-bought pizza dough
· 3 tablespoons canola oil
· 1/4 cup granulated sugar
· 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
· 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
· 1/2 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
· Peaches
·
Directions
Heat the grill to high.
Brush both sides of each pizza with the oil. Grill until golden brown on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. Remove from the grill.
Cut peaches in half. Remove the pit. Brush with canola oil. Grill until grill marks show and peaches are tender.
Mix together the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl. Brush the tops of each pizza with the butter and sprinkle with the sugar mixture. Place back on the grill, close the cover and cook an additional 1 minute. Cut into quarters and drizzle with the warm butterscotch sauce.
Hey Rebecca,
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try this tonight except that I'm going to use grilled eggplant, tomatoes, onion and humus as my pizza topping. I hope it turns out well. It was so delicious when I had it at your house. You should add your caramel sauce recipe.
That sounds really good. That me know how it turns out. I would add the caramel sauce recipe except that I did not follow a recipe, I kind of made it up as I went along and I cannot remember what I did! If I find suitable replacement I will post it!
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