1 cup of tomato sauce — this time of year, it’s easy to find great heirloom tomatoes for a simple homemade sauce, but I use store bought sauce all the time as well
1 large bunch of hen of the woods mushrooms (see above) very roughly chopped (leaving some large chunks)
1 cup grated cheese — we found something slightly stinky at the farmer’s market which worked great with the earthy mushroom flavors (can’t recall the name unfortunately), but almost anything will work
Saute the bacon over high heat until browned. Remove, leaving the fat to cook the mushrooms.
Cook mushrooms in bacon fat over med-low heat for just a couple minutes. They will continue to cook in the grill, so you really only need a little toast.
To assemble pizza, start with a very thin layer of tomato sauce, then add bacon and mushrooms, and finish with a light layer of cheese.
Grill pizza (instructions here) and serve with a salad and oaky red wine.
Prepare all ingredients and have ready near grill. (See below — this is crucial because you have to move fast in assembling the pizza after grilling one side)
Roll out pizza dough, brush one side lightly with olive oil and place that side down on grill over direct, high heat. Once the dough has some nice color, slide it off the grill onto a plate or board, brush the uncooked side with olive oil and flip over.
Place ingredients on cooked size of dough and slide back on grill. Cover and cook until bottom is nicely grilled and cheese is melted.
There’s a small French specialty foods shop in Bridgehampton called Blue Provence where I picked up dried morels, a fig tapenade, and a crumbly goat cheese for this grilled pizza. To prepare, we did nothing more than soak the morels, saute them in some butter, add everything to the pizza dough, and grill for about 10 minutes. Click here for instructions on doing pizzas on the grill.
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl.
2. Add flour about a half cup at a time and mix with your hands or a wooden spoon. Continue to add flour to bowl until a ball begins to form.
3. Transfer ball onto floured surface and begin kneading and incorporating flour until the ball no longer sticks to your hands.
4. Add ball of dough to a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a damp kitchen towel, and set aside in a warm, draft-free area.
5. After about 45-60 minutes, the dough should have doubled in size. Punch down the dough, so it deflates.
6. Cut the dough into thirds, cover again and let it sit for another hour.
7. Roll out dough into a nice even circle and transfer to a pizza slider.
For the pizza assembly and grilling:
1. Lightly oil one side of the rolled out dough and put that side face down on grill. Grill for a couple minutes until lightly browned. Remove from grill with pizza slider.
2. Lightly oil uncooked side and flip the dough over on the pizza slider with tongs.
3. Add toppings to cooked side of dough.
4. Slide pizza back onto grill and cook until bottom is nicely browned and cheese is melted.
5. Remove from the grill and serve.
