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Grilled Hot Honey Pizza with Grilled Soppressata

Course Dinner, Lunch
Keyword Pizza
Cook Time 15 minutes
Author Mark & Fey

Ingredients

For the pizza

  • 1 pound store bought pizza dough at room temperature
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour for rolling the pizza dough
  • ¼ cup olive oil divided
  • 8 ounces parts skim mozzarella grated
  • 6 ounces thinly soppressata
  • 1/2 small red onion thinly sliced
  • ½ cup fresh basil leaves

Calabrian Hot Honey

  • 1 cup honey
  • 4 calabrian chiles

Basic Pizza Sauce

  • 1 28 oz can crushed or whole peeled tomatoes
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • a few leaves of fresh basil
  • a pinch of crushed red pepper

Instructions

  • Start by dividing the store-bought dough into two portions and rolling them into balls (teehee). Cover with a clean kitchen towel and allow them to come to room temp, about 90 minutes. 
  • While the dough warms up, make the hot honey and pizza sauce. Combine the honey and calabrian chiles in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool while you finish the sauce and bake the pizzas  
  • For the pizza sauce. Combine the canned tomatoes, olive oil, kosher salt, a pinch of crushed red pepper, and a few leaves of fresh basil. Blend with a blender or immersion blender but don’t whip too much air into it. Set aside. 
  • Heat a gas grill or charcoal grill to high-heat — we’re aiming for 450 to 500 degrees F. Lightly flour a work surface and working with one dough ball at a time, roll out the dough as thinly as possible. Brush the grill grates with olive oil and grill the plain pizza dough for 2 minutes on each side. 
  • Remove the par-baked pizza dough from the oven and divide the cheese between the two pizzas.  Add the sliced soppressata and red onions in an even layer. Dollop on the pizza sauce — you’ll use about ⅓ a cup per pizza. Save the remaining pizza sauce for another recipe. 
  • Grill the pizzas over direct heat until golden brown with a little char and the cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. Drizzle the hot pizza with the hot honey and top with more basil. Slice and serve.
  • Recipe Notes  Pizza sauce can be made up to 5 days in advance. Store leftover sauce in the freezer for up to 3 months.  Grilled Pizza is best eaten the day it is made. Leftovers can be stored in the fridge for a day or two. We like reheating on the grill or in a hot oven to get it crispy. 

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