Art of Cooking Day #4 (Grilled Pizza)

 Today, we made grilled pizzas. This was a new experience for myself, and many others in this course. The first part of today consisted of making the Tomato Sauce. The chef working with us only required us to use tomato paste and sauce. My group used onion, garlic, basil, and Italian seasoning to add flavor to the sauce. While the sauce chilled, we made pizza dough. We had already made some yesterday, but this recipe doubled the yeast. We added flour, salt, and water too. Our original dough had stiffened, so we used the new dough instead. We all could make two personal pizzas. Each person rolled two dough balls into circles and oiled one side. The oiled side would face down on the grill. The grill had needed to be cleaned earlier due to lots of rust, and grease on it. After placing each pizza on the grill with nothing on it and flipping it, the sauce, and toppings were added. I added sauce, mozzarella, basil, bell pepper, mushroom, and onion. My pizza was fantastic and the best food in the course so far. The day itself was fun as well. While rolling the dough, we watched Disney's Ratatouille and had fun conversations as we waited for our turns on the grill. Overall, at 10/10 day!









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