Grilled Pizza with Yellow Squash, Mozzarella, and Lemon Thyme
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium yellow squash
- 2 balls pizza dough, rolled out and chilled
- 2/3 cup lukewarm water (105F.-115F.)
- a 1/4 ounce package (2 1/2 teaspoons) active dry yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil plus additional for oiling bowl
- 1 3/4 to 2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
- 1/4 cup finely ground yellow cornmeal
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt
- 3/4 cup coarsely grated fresh mozzarella (about 3 ounces)
- 3/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan (about 2 1/4 ounces)
- 4 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves (preferably lemon thyme)
- Garnish: fresh thyme sprigs (preferably lemon thyme)
- In a small bowl stir together garlic and oil and let stand 15 minutes.
- With a mandoline or other manual slicer, slice squash crosswise into 1/16-inch thick rounds, transferring to plate.
- Prepare grill: Open vents in lid and bottom of kettle grill and put 25 briquets on 2 opposite sides of bottom, leaving middle clear.
- Oil rack and position with wider openings over briquets.
- Light briquets.
- (They will be ready for cooking as soon as they turn grayish-white, 20 to 30 minutes.)
- Remove plastic wrap from 2 pieces of rolled-out-pizza dough (if grill is not large, work with 1 piece at a time, keeping remaining piece chilled) and lightly brush dough with some garlic oil.
- Trying not to stretch dough, carefully transfer it, oiled side down, with your hands to rack of grill.
- (If it's a very hot day, the dough may get too soft to transfer easily; if so, pop it into the freezer until firm again, about 15 minutes.)
- Lightly brush top with some garlic oil.
- When grilling pizzas, rotate them if 1 side of grill is hotter than the other.
- Grill crusts, covered, until undersides are golden brown on bottom, about 4 minutes.
- Flip crusts over with 2 metal spatulas and top each crust with half of cheeses, squash, and thyme.
- Lightly brush pizzas with some garlic oil and grill, covered, about 5 minutes, or until undersides are golden brown and cheeses are melted.
- Garnish pizzas with thyme sprigs and cut into wedges.
- In a large bowl stir together 1/3 cup water, yeast, and sugar and let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes.
- Stir in remaining 1/3 cup water, 2 tablespoons oil, 1 3/4 cups flour, cornmeal, and salt and blend until mixture forms a dough.
- Knead dough on a floured surface, incorporating as much of remaining 1/4 cup flour as necessary to prevent dough from sticking, until smooth and elastic, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Alternatively, dough may be made in a food processor.
- Proof yeast as described above.
- In food processor process yeast mixture with 1 3/4 cups flour, cornmeal, and salt until mixture forms a ball, adding more water, 1 teaspoon at a time, it too dry or more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, if too wet, and knead dough by processing 15 seconds more.
- Put dough, prepared by either method, in an oiled deep bowl and turn to coat with oil.
- Let dough rise, covered with plastic wrap, in a warm place 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk, and punch down.
- Form dough into 4 balls.
- Makes enough dough for four 10-inch thin-crust pizzas.
- Lightly brush a baking sheet with olive oil.
- On a lightly floured surface roll out 1 ball of dough 1/8 inch thick (about 10 inches in diameter).
- Brushing off excess flour, transfer dough with your hands to baking sheet and cover surface completely with plastic wrap.
- Repeat procedure with remaining dough balls and plastic wrap in same manner, stacking rolled-out pieces on top of one another on baking sheet.
- Wrap baking sheet with more plastic wrap to ensure that dough is completely covered.
- (Chill dough until firm, about 1 hour, and up to 4 hours.)
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/grilled-pizza-with-yellow-squash-mozzarella-and-lemon-thyme-12649 (may not work)