June 26, 2010

Alton Brown's Grilled Pizza

Looking for the new pizza dough from the grilled pizza episode I saw that it is not currently on Food Network's site. The recipe looks every interesting, I am ready to try it having found barley malt extract at a local health food store. Although Alton Brown didn't really address my burning question about grilling pizza on charcoal, I am ready to try this version of pizza dough from "Flat is Beautiful V."

I transcribed the directions and am sharing if anyone else is interested in giving them a try.

PS: if your don't trust my transcribing skills, FN now has them on their site, here.

Also, to see how this turned out, read my other entry on the grilled pizza .

Grilled Pizza Dough:
16 oz AP flour (by weight)
1 envelope of instant or rapid yeast (2.25 teaspoons)
1 tablespoon of kosher salt
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 tablespoon of malt barley extract
10 oz warm water (about 105 degrees)

Place all the ingredients in the work bowl of a stand mixer. Mix on low with the dough hook until the dough comes together.

Knead on medium speed for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes test the dough structure with the "window pane" method: stretch out a small piece of dough until thin. Hold up to a light source. If the dough forms a thin membrane without tearing, it is ready. If not kneed the dough more.

Place the dough in a greased container for 1 hour to rise.

After one hour, section the dough into thirds. Punch down each section. Roll into a ball. Cover and let the three balls bench proof for 45 minutes.

Margherita style:
Slice one large tomato into thick rounds. Place tomato in a bowl, add 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1/2 kosher salt and 1/4 teaspoon red chile flakes. Add tomatoes to grill when cooking crust.

Making the Pizza:
Flour a pizza peel or upside down baking sheet pan. Stretch the dough to a thin 12 to 16 inch circle. Or roll the dough out.

Set grill to medium heat.

Oil top of dough with 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil. Flip the dough, placing oiled side down on the grill. Grill for 2 minutes. Add 1-2 teaspoons of oil and flip the crust.

Margherita Pizza
Mash the cooked tomatoes on the crust and spread. Add 1/2 oz Parmesan cheese, 1 1/2 oz grated mozzarella cheese and 4-6 chopped basil leaves.

Prosciutto, Mozzarella, Date Pizza
3 1/2 oz container of fresh mozzarella cheese. Slice the cheese in 1/4 inch rounds. Ring out moisture by placing rounds on paper towels, cover with more paper towels and a plate. Place a weight on the plate for 20 minutes.

Cut 3 slices of prosciutto ham into strips.

Add 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1/2 oz Parmesan cheese, mozzarella, prosciutto, 4 chopped dates and 1 teaspoon fresh thyme after flipping the crust. Grill for 2 minutes.

19 comments:

One SAHD Dude said...

Thanks!

Ty said...

Don't forget the 10oz of warm water!

Anonymous said...

1 TABLESPOON of salt in the dough? That seems like way too much. Is this correct?

Lisa said...

Yes the tablespoon is what he said on the segment.

I did forget the add the water.
Ty is correct, 10 oz of warm water about 105 degrees

Enaidr said...

Thanks so much for posting this, I was looking all over for the recipe and my tivo deleted the episode :( So now I can try it, but I'm going to substitute sugar for the barley malt. Im assuming it will do a similar job in the mix.
Hope it comes out well!

Lisa said...

Enaidr, the barley malt is suppose to help the yeast go slower and give them something to chew on in the second rise. I don't know if regular white sugar will have the same result.

Anonymous said...

Awesome, thanks for writing the recipe in an easily-accessible form! However, please make sure you're spelling it "Margherita" pizza, as it's named after one of the queens of Italy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margherita_of_Savoy

Thanks again!

Anonymous said...

I tried 1 Tablespoon--it was way too salty. 1 tsp. is much better...

Jacob said...

If you look on the foodnetwork recipe, he says to cut back the salt to 1tsp (like someone already commented) annd.. i think cut down the sugar by half.
I made it and it was a lot better.

However.. i never could get the dough to cooperate AT ALL. it seriously took almost an hour just to stretch/toss and eventually roll the dough out into decent sizes.
it tasted good though!

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Lisa said...

Jacob, that is for the original pizza dough the mod on FN's site is for that.

I made the dough last night, will make after work tonight. I used the full tablespoon of salt.

Also, I rechecked what AB said in the episode and he did say 1 tablespoon. Will report on the results!

Kimberly Johnson said...

Thanks for posting this! I just caught this episode last night and was looking everywhere for the recipe! Can't wait to try it.

Lulu said...

Tried this over the weekend-- delicious! 15 minutes on medium really put my mixer through its paces, but completely worth it in the end.
Regarding the charcoal option: Alton says to only use 2 pounds of charcoal, which seems paltry. Tried it with three lbs., and still didn't have the oomph needed to char the bottom. That said, still tasty-- just more of a golden-brown color. Oh, and it took way longer than 2 minutes per side (try more like 10).
If you are going to do this on a charcoal grill, be prepared to experiment. I would suggest upping the amount of charcoal and allowing extra time.
Again, totally delicious though.

Anonymous said...

I tried the recipe twice because the first time, the dough never would mix well. It just stayed a soupy mush consistency. The second time, it worked a little better, but it was way to sticky. Is there something I may be doing wrong? I checked the measurements over and over. Can humid weather affect it?

Alissa said...

Making this for dinner tonight. Thanks for posting the recipe. Going to make a pesto pizza with sun dried tomatoes and prosciutto.

Lisa said...

I've made this several times on my charcoal grill. It was great!

Report on it here:
http://allaboutalton.blogspot.com/2010/06/abs-grilled-pizza-redux.html

Delwin said...

Do not skip the malt barley extract. It gave a amazing taste to the crust plus do those yeast things

Erina said...

This looks incredible!

Here's another fave recipe of mine for grilled pizza.

Zucchini Pizza with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Olive Tapenade that is…

http://wp.me/puWta-6x

Anonymous said...

the 1tbs of salt is for kosher salt which has more surface area than table salt. so if you use table salt it will be too salty.