Thin-Crusted Pizza with Chicken, Kalamata Olives, and Fontina Cheese
From "Weber's Art of the Grill Cookbook'
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 1 envelop active dry yeast
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 2/3 C warm water (105 to 115 degrees F)
- 2 to 3 C all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
- 2 Tbl olive oil, plus olive oil for brush crust
For the topping:
- 3 C thinly sliced grilled chicken
- 3/4 c sliced, pitten kalamata olives
- 4 C shredded fontina cheese
- 1 C thinly sliced red onion
- 2 Tbl finely chopped fresh parsley
Makes 4 8" pizzas
Directions:
To make dough:
- Combine the yeast, sugar and water in a bowl.
- Stir briefly and let stand until foamy, 5 to 10 minutes
- Add 2 C of the flour, the salt, pepper, and the 2 Tbl olive oil.
- Stir with your fingers until the dough holds together.
- Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Shape into ball and place in a lightly oiled bowl.
- turn the ball to cover the survace with oil.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place until the dough doubles in size, 1 to 1 1/2 hourrs.>
- Punch down the dough in the bowl.
- Transfer it to a lightly floured work surface and cut into 4 equal pieces.
- roll out each piece into an 8-inch round, about 1/8 inch thick.
- Lighly brush both sides of each round with olive oil and place on baking sheet.
- Slide rounds onto grill and cook, uncovered, directly over medium heat until you see grill marks about 2 minutes (Don't worry if the crusts bubble, they will deflate when you turn them over.)
- Transfer the crusts back to the bakin gsheet grilled sides up.
- Distribute the chicken, olives, cheese, onion, and parsley evenly among the crusts.
- Transfer the pizzas back to the grill and cook, covered directly over medium heat until the crusts are crisp and the cheese is melted, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Cut into wedges and serve.
