How to Make Fabulous Pizza on a Gas Grill

Baking pizza outdoors on a gas grill gives it a taste very similar to those baked in a wood burning oven, and is a fun way to include your guests in the cooking at your next outdoor party.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Gas grill
• parchment paper
• 2 pizza pans
• pizza dough
• extra virgin olive oil
• pizza sauce
• mozzerella cheese, shredded
• romano or parmesan cheese, grated
• various toppings, such as pepperoni, olives, artichoke hearts, slivered ham, roasted peppers, sun dried tomatoes

1. Turn on 2 burners of gas grill and heat until grill registers 500 degrees.
   Have all ingredients, except the dough, ready near the grill.
2. Roll out pizza dough to fit 12 inch pizza pan. Cover pan with sheet of parchment paper.
   Lay pizza dough on parchment covered pan. Brush lightly with olive oil. You can bake at least 2 pizzas at a time.
3. Transfer dough to grill over direct heat (where burners are on) by picking up parchment paper and flipping the dough directly onto the grill, ending with the parchment side up. Peel parchment away (you can reuse it). Brush this side of dough with olive oil and grill for 2 minutes. It will puff up and bake on underside. It will then be rigid enough to flip.
4. With long tongs, flip the pizza dough on it's other side, to the side of the grill where the burners are NOT on (indirect heat) and quickly add sauce, cheeses, and other desired toppings.
5. Close lid of gas grill for about 4 to 7 minutes, checking often to see if cheese has melted and crust is crisp.
   Remove from grill, let cool for a few minutes, slice and enjoy!

Tips & Warnings

• To avoid the intense heat when grilling more than 1 or 2 pizzas, it may be easier to transfer partially baked crust to pizza pans off of the grill to put on sauce and toppings, then carefully slide pizza from pans, back to indirect heat to finish grilling.