Rediscovering Grilled Pizza
America's favorite food has long been the pizza cooked in a
traditional oven but is that about to change? While most
Americans have probably never indulged in a grilled pizza, the
origins of pizza are making a big comeback. There is no denying
that we love our traditional backyard barbeque but rarely, if
ever has the barbeque included grilling a pizza. Despite the
seemingly odd combination of grill and pizza, the grill is the
ideal tool for cooking pizza and in fact is deep in the origin
of pizza making. The high, dry heat is ideal for a nice crisp
crust and the flavor provided from your grill will on a whole
new world of backyard grilling.
Before the word pizza was ever used, Greeks and Romans used
wood-fired brick ovens to prepare the original version of pizza
- flatbread. In ancient times each diner was given a piece of
flat bread along with a piece of meat on the bread. This food
was eaten with the fingers with an occasional knife to cut the
meat. Little did they know that this would eventually spark the
creation one of the America's favorite foods.
Grilled Pizza Techniques:
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon dried yeast 1 tablespoon soy oil 1
teaspoon sugar