BBQ Pizza with Figs, Gorgonzola and Prosciutto Recipe chefectomy
- 16 oz fresh pizza dough (store bought from Trader Joes)
- Flour for rolling
- Olive oil for dough and grill
- 1/2 cup fig jam
- 4 ripe Mission figs
- 3-4 oz of Gorgonzola or other blue cheese
- 3 slices of prosciutto cut into 3 strips
- 1 TBSP chopped flat leaf Italian parsley
- Bring pizza dough out of the refrigerator for 5-10 minutes.
- A gas grill is recommended.
- Heat the on high for 10 minutes with the top down.
- Scrape the grill.
- Flour a large cutting board or a counter where you can roll out the dough.
- Flour the top of the dough and roll out the pizza into a roughly 6 by 10 shape with a 1/4 inch thickness.
- Keep in mind when grilling pizza the dough does not need to be round or perfect, it can be any shape when you put it on the grill.
- Brush olive oil onto the surface of the dough so it is lightly covered.
- Open the grill cover and lower the grill heat to a medium high flame.
- Pickup the dough up and carefully lay it on the hot grate.
- As you are laying the dough on the grate it will stretch.
- Make sure it is relatively flat on the grill dont worry about the shape of the pizza it is not important when barbecuing.
- Close the grill cover and let this cook over a medium high flame.
- After 2 minutes, open the grill and with the tongs check the bottom of the dough.
- It should be golden with grill marks.
- You can cook it for one additional minute if the dough is not golden.
- If there are bubbles on top of the dough you can use the tongs to pierce them.
- Turn the dough over and bring the heat down to medium low to low.
- Spread the fig jam and then crumble the blue cheese over the pizza.
- Lay out the figs and close the cover, cooking for 4 minutes.
- Open the grill and check for doneness.
- If you need another minute, leave the grill on or if it looks done, turn the grill off.
- Scatter the prosciutto strips over the pizza and then sprinkle the chopped parsley on top.
pizza, flour, olive oil, figs, blue cheese, flat leaf italian parsley
Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/bbq-pizza-figs-gorgonzola-prosciutto-12263 (may not work)