Ingredients
- 8-10 oz: Pizza Dough – Fresh or defrosted
- ½ fl oz: Garlic Oil
- ½ Cup: Marinara or Pizza Sauce – adjust qty as needed
- taste: Fishy Fishy Herb Rub, 5280 Culinary
- 2 ea: Cheese, Mozzarella, Fresh made 3 oz balls – Sliced
- taste: Cheese, Parmesan – Shaved
- 5-6 lvs: Basil, Fresh – hand torn medium pieces
- As Needed: Flour and Polenta (large grind) Mixture – Mixed 80/20 Flour/Polenta
Grill & Cooking Supplies
*All available at Ace Hardware Locations
- Big Green Egg
- Big Green Egg, ConvEGGtor
- Big Green Egg, Pizza Stone
- Big Green Egg, Pizza Peel
- Big Green Egg, Lump Charcoal
- Fishy Fishy Herb Rub, 5280 Culinary
Prep Directions
- See above for all prep directions – next to ingredients
- For the pizza peel we use a 80/20 blend of flour and large grind polenta to help keep pizza from sticking and help it slide onto the pizza stone easier. We use about ½ Tbsp per pizza, onto the pizza peel.
Cooking Notes
- The lid/cover should be closed when the pizza is cooking
- Only removed to load, unload and rotate the pizza
Cooking Directions
- Preheat your Big Green Egg temp of 600-700 degrees
- When Grill reaches 300 degrees, load the convEGGtor (legs down) and pizza stone and allow them to both heat to desired temp of 600-700 degrees
- Pizza will be cooked at a high heat, indirect method
- When Big Green Egg and stone are preheated, we recommend keeping the temperature at the same setting to help ensure consistent temp and easy recovery during cooking
- Building the pizza – this process should take 1-2 minutes max
- Fast building will ensure the dough doesn’t get wet (from toppings) and stick
- Allow the dough to soften (covered) at room temp for approx. 45-60 minutes from the fridge
- Hand stretch the dough to a very thin dough and place onto the floured pizza peel
- Drizzle the oil onto the dough and spread the edges using a brush, spatula or spoon
- Top as follows:
- Pizza Sauce or Marinara
- Fishy Fishy Herb Rub
- Mozzarella Cheese Slices
- Shaved Parmesan Cheese
- GARNISH AFTER COOKING WITH:
- Basil, Hand Torn
- Open the lid/cover and load the pizza onto the middle of the pizza stone, close lid/cover
- Keep the temperature at the same temperature setting to help ensure consistent temp and easy recovery during cooking
- After 60-90 seconds, open the door and slowly put the pizza peel under the pizza
- Rotate the pizza 180 degrees and cook the other side of the pizza, approx. 2-3 minutes
- Continue to cook the pizza to your desired doneness – Process should take 6-8 Minutes total cooking time. Depending on desired doneness
- Close lid/cover
- Open the lid/cover and remove from the oven onto the pizza peel
- Slide onto your cutting board and cut into 4-6 slices
- Garnish with the fresh torn basil leaves
- Pizza can be made using par baked pizza dough, or store bought fresh dough
- For par baked pizza dough, reduce cooking time to 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbling