Grilled Pizza

I've been seeing grilled pizza on food shows for quite some time now.  I love pizza but my husband has been getting tired of it each Friday night.  So I thought I'd change it up a bit.  I decided to grill it using fresh mozzarella instead of the bag stuff.  It was soooo good and gooey and stretchy.  I don't know if I'll go back to the bag stuff for homemade pizzas now.  Oh and my hubby loved the pizza.  I've said it before.  I'm trying to go healthier with my recipes so I used turkey sausage rather than pork.  You couldn't tell it was less calories and fat.  I hope you try grilling your pizza next time.  It's great!

Grilled Pizza

Grilled Pizza

1 package pizza crust

1 lb. Italian sausage links

jar of pizza sauce

small can of chopped tomatoes

fresh baby spinach

1 cup or 8oz. fresh mozzarella 

Your choice of pizza ingredients that you like

Brown sausage according to package directions and then slice into medallion size pieces.  Prepare pizza crust according to directions.  Separate pizza dough into four equal servings.  Press dough onto a cutting board until flat and desired thickness.  Brush with olive oil on both sides.  Repeat with remaining pizza dough. 

Cover grill with foil or use a foil gill liner.  Tun on half of your grill to lowest flame.  Lay pizza dough onto the foil.  Grill with lid down until golden brown on the bottoms, about 3-6 minutes depending on your grill temperature.  When brown, place upside down on platter so grilled side is facing up.  Place sauce and ingredients of your choice and top with cheese. 

Place pizzas back onto the unlit side of the grill with indirect heat to brown other side of crust and melt the cheese with the grill lid down.  Check the bottom of the crust after about 5 minutes to see if it is golden brown.  If it looks brown and the cheese is not melted, turn off heat and let set with grill lid down for another 3-6 minutes.  After it is melted, remove from grill and serve hot and enjoy.