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Stone Baked Margherita Pizza on the BBQ

June 14, 2015 by Nelson Cardoso 4 Comments

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Stone Baked Margherita Pizza on the BBQ

Stone Baked Margherita Pizza on the BBQ

Just about everyone I know likes pizza. What’s not to love? You can make it anything you want – your favourite toppings; favourite sauce; thin-crust; thick-crust—what-ev! Maybe the power of choice is what’s so appealing to people. Maybe it’s how much fun it is to eat. Maybe it’s just all about taste.

In our house, we all love pizza (homemade in particular). Thick crust is not my preference, although Nelson and the kids enjoy it. My favourite is thin crust, wood-stove oven pizza…but until we can get a real wood-stove oven at home, I enjoy this perfect alternative—thinnish-crust pizza baked on a stone, on the barbecue. Nice!
Nelson’s made pizza many times, and never repeated a topping combination. We’ve had it with pesto, chicken, sausage, sun-dried tomatoes, arugula, and the list goes on-and-on, in many combinations.
This simple margarita pizza was a first for Nelson. Our little guy prefers simplicity (that’s a polite way of saying he’s really picky and doesn’t like much more than tomato sauce and cheese). Nelson wanted to make a super tasty pizza that our little guy would love to eat and not have to pick off toppings. This was a winner!
Margarita pizza is simple, but what makes it great is fresh ingredients. Nelson used fresh Buffalo mozzarella, his home-made dough, nonna-approved tomato sauce, and basil from our herb garden. Now that’s fresh and delicious.
Give it a try. Make it your own. We hope you enjoy!
Stone Baked Margherita Pizza on the BBQ

5.0 from 1 reviews
Stone Baked Margherita Pizza on the BBQ
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
25 mins
 
The stone baked Margherita pizza recipe is spectacular! This pizza is made with homemade tomato sauce, buffalo mozzarella and fresh picked basil on a stone on the BBQ
Author: Nelson Cardoso
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 2 Pizzas
Ingredients
  • Our homemade pizza dough (cut in two portions)
  • 1 tsp course sea salt
  • 1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 cup of your favourite tomato sauce.
  • 2 large buffalo mozzarella balls (about 9 to 10 oz) sliced in wheels
  • 16 fresh basil leaves
  • 2 tbs cornmeal for dusting the pizza peal
Instructions
  1. On a BBQ with 4 burners, keep the middle two burners set to low and heat the BBQ to 500 ºF.
  2. Place the stone on the middle of the BBQ grates and close the lid to heat up the stone.
  3. Dust the counter surface with flour and place the first dough ball on the counter.
  4. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough ball to about 10 or 11 inches wide.
  5. Spread 1 tbs of cornmeal on a pizza peel.
  6. Place the rolled out pizza dough on the pizza peel.
  7. Drizzle ½ tbs of olive oil over the entire pizza dough and brush.
  8. Sprinkle ½ tsp of coarse sea salt over the dough.
  9. Spread ½ cup of the pizza sauce evenly over the dough using a large spoon.
  10. Place the buffalo mozzarella slices over the tomato sauce with some space between each slice.
  11. Transfer the pizza to the hot stone on the BBQ. (Tip: Give the pizza peel a little shake to loosen up the dough before transferring.)
  12. Close the lid and bake.
  13. Open the lid after about the first 5 minutes and rotate (using the pizza peel) the pizza on the stone 180 degrees to ensure even baking. Repeat this about 3 minutes later.
  14. After 10 minutes of baking, use the pizza peel to lift an edge of the pizza to check for doneness (it should be just starting to brown).
  15. Using the peel, remove the pizza to a cutting board, cut and serve hot.
  16. Repeat the last steps for the second dough.
Notes
Keep the BBQ between 450 ºF and 550 ºF. The BBQ temperature will drop quickly each time you open the lid.
Start rolling out the second dough while the first pizza is on the BBQ.
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Comments

  1. AvatarRudy says

    June 21, 2015 at 8:50 pm

    Looks Yummy… nice job !!!!

    Reply
    • Nelson Cardoso Nelson Cardoso says

      June 27, 2015 at 8:07 pm

      Thanks Rudy

      Reply
  2. AvatarNatalie Jurrius says

    August 14, 2016 at 12:47 am

    The best first experience EVER with a stone& pizza dough…. THANK YOU!!!! The flavour was outrageous!! Can’t wait to try your sauce next time!!! Hell… I wanted pizza AGAIN tonight!! Damn!!! It was soooo FLAVOURFUL……never had such a taste explosion!!! Flipping Amazing!! Thank You!!!

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  1. Pizza maison sur le bbq! says:
    July 10, 2017 at 9:44 am

    […] Une fois le barbecue bien chaud (environ 400 ºC), graissez la grille et déposez la pâte vierge directement sur celle-ci. Lorsque la pâte est bien dorée de chaque côté, retirez-la pour y mettre la garniture de votre choix (sauce, légumes, fromages, viandes froides, etc. […]

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