How to Make Homemade Pizza on the Big Green Egg

Pizza on the Big Green Egg. In fact, the Big Green Egg bakes and roasts better and quicker than these wood fired ovens ever could … because heat from the natural charcoal radiates within the thick ceramic walls of the dome, allowing your food to bake quickly and evenly. No need to buy a high-priced pizza oven. My Big Green Egg is capable of grilling and smoking, but I also learned that it makes a darn good pizza oven.

The Big Green Egg was the one large purchase we made using some wedding gifts. When researching how to make a pizza on the Big Green Egg, we came across a lot of different methods. I will compile them all here as a reminder for ourselves and as a reference for others. You can cook Pizza on the Big Green Egg using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pizza on the Big Green Egg

1. Prepare of Pizza dough: (for 4 pizzas):.
2. You need 5 cups of hi-gluten bread flour.
3. Prepare 2 tsp of instant dry yeast.
4. You need 2 tsp of salt.
5. You need 4 tbsp of EVOO.
6. You need 2 cups of warm water.
7. Prepare of Pizza sauce:.
8. Prepare 1 can of 7/11 tomato sauce.
9. It's 1 tbsp of minced onions.
10. You need 5 tbsp of garlic (or 5-7 cloves).
11. It's 7 tbsp of Oregano.
12. You need 4 tbsp of porcini mushroom rub.
13. Prepare 3 tbsp of sugar.
14. You need 1 cup of ketchup.
15. You need 1 tbsp of basil.

Want to bake the perfect pizza on the Big Green Egg? As rule of thumb you can say that the thinner the dough of the base, the higher the temperature of the Big Green Egg. You can easily remove the parchment paper just a few minutes after you start grilling pizza on the Big Green Egg, or you can wait until just before the pizza is done. It also helps that pizza on the Big Green Egg comes out absolutely amazing!

Pizza on the Big Green Egg instructions

1. Dough: mix dry ingredients before adding wet ingredients. Add oil and water then mix to combine. Leave to rest for 1 hour. Cut to 4 equal parts. Kneed and make nice balls. Put them on a plate and cover with foil and put in the fridge for next day..
2. Add the sauce, your favorite ingredients, and mozzarella cheese..
3. Heat up the big green egg to 600F. Use the ceramic plate for indirect cooking. Bake on the pizza stone for 3-4 minutes.
4. Bon appétit.

You will need a pizza stone and a Plate Setter to create the brick oven environment used in pizzerias. Preheat Your Pizza Stone: Set up your Big Green Egg for indirect cooking with the Plate Setter legs facing up. Grilling Pizza on the Big Green Egg is easy to do when you follow these simple steps for keeping a distance between the hot charcoal and your pizza. Use this dough to make excellent pizzas on the Big Green Egg including smoked brisket, pulled pork, and even pepperoni pizza! When I bought my BGE a few weeks ago the salesman kept on about pizza and how quick they were to cook.