Grilled Sour Cherry Pizza
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons cold butter
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten with 3 tablespoons water
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup Champagne or vinegar
- 1 cup pitted Bing cherries
- 3 cups thin pastry cream, well-chilled, recipe follows
- 3/4 cup cherry preserves
- 1 quart whole milk
- 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds removed
- 10 large egg yolks
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade, combine the flour, sugar, and baking powder.
- Cut in the butter.
- Pulse until butter is well distributed and the mixture resembles a coarse meal.
- Add eggs and pulse again until dough clumps together.
- Gather the dough into a ball.
- Divide dough and wrap in waxed paper.
- Chill for 1 hour.
- Add water and vinegar to a medium pot.
- Add cherries and cook until cherries are soft.
- Drain.
- Heat up grill.
- Butter a 10-inch round cake pan.
- Roll dough into a circle and transfer to cake pan.
- Pinch edges to form a crust, like that of a pan pizza.
- Fill dough with pastry cream.
- Spread cherry preserves and cherries.
- Place pie on pizza on pizza stone on grill.
- Cook until dough is crispy and brown, about 1 hour.
- In a 2-quart saucepan, combine the milk and vanilla bean and bring to a boil.
- Turn off heat immediately and keep warm while you whisk the yolks.
- In a medium bowl, combine the yolks, sugar, and cornstarch and whisk until thoroughly combined.
- While whisking, slowly add the warm milk mixture into the yolks and then transfer this back into the saucepan over medium heat.
- Whisk constantly while you bring the custard to a boil; it should begin to thicken immediately.
- Whisk until thickened completely, about 3 minutes.
- Pour through a fine-mesh strainer into a clean bowl and use a rubber spatula to push everything through.
- Place a sheet of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the custard to prevent a skin from forming and refrigerate until completely chilled.
- Yield: 5 cups
allpurpose, sugar, baking powder, cold butter, eggs, water, vinegar, bing cherries, thin pastry cream, cherry preserves, milk, vanilla bean, egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/grilled-sour-cherry-pizza-recipe.html (may not work)