Grilled Pizza with Fig Jam, Prosciutto, Blue Cheese, and Arugula
- Pizza dough for grilled pizza, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup fig jam
- 3 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto di parma, cut crosswise into thin strips
- 4 ounces blue cheese, crubled
- 1 bunch (about 2 ounces arugula, tough stems removed
- Flour and medium-grind yellow cornmeal for dusting
- Vegetable oil for brushing
- Have the pizza dough covered and ready to rollout.
- Prepare a hot fire in a charcoal grill or preheat the center burner of a gas grill on high and the front and back or side burners to medium-low.
- Place the fig jam, prosciutto, blue cheese, and arugula next to the grill, ready to top the pizza.
- Generously dust a pizza peel or large rimless baking sheet with flour and then cornmeal.
- Flatten the dough on a heavily floured work surface, sprinkling a couple of tablespoons of cornmeal over the flour.
- Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a circle 12 to 13 inches in diameter.
- The dough should be about 1/4 inch thick.
- If the dough shrinks back at the edges, gently stretch it by hand, being careful to keep the dough a uniform thickness.
- (The dough does not need to be a perfect circle; in fact, an odd-shaped circle gives the pizza a lovely rustic look.)
- Using your hands and working quickly, lift and transfer the dough to the pizza peel or baking sheet.
- Give the peel or sheet a few shakes back and forth to make sure the dough isnt sticking.
- Brush the grill rack generously with oil Slide the dough onto the center of the grill rack, using a quick jerking motion with your arm.
- If any part of the dough folds over on itself, use a pair of tongs to unfold it.
- Immediately cover the grill.
- Grill until a crust forms and light grill marks appear, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Using the pizza peel or baking sheet, flip the pizza crust over and pull it off the grill.
- Cover the grill while adding the toppings.
- (If using a charcoal grill, shovel some of the charcoal to one side to create a cooler section.
- If using a gas grill, turn the center burner to medium.)
- Spread the fig jam evenly over the lightly charred crust, leaving a 1-inch border.
- Scatter the prosciutto over the top.
- Evenly distribute the blue cheese over the prosciutto.
- Slide the pizza back on the grill toward the hot section but not directly over it.
- Cover the grill and bake the pizza until nicely browned and crisp on the bottom and at the edges and the cheese has melted, about 7 minutes.
- Check the pizza after about 3 minutes.
- If the pizza is browning too quickly, slide it over to the cooler part of the grill to finish baking.
- Remove any excess flour and cornmeal from the pizza peel or baking sheet and use it to transfer the pizza to a cutting board.
- Distribute the arugula evenly over the pizza.
- Slice the pizza into wedges and serve immediately.
parma, blue cheese, arugula, flour, vegetable oil
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/grilled-pizza-with-fig-jam-prosciutto-blue-cheese-and-arugula (may not work)