Grilled Mediterranean-Style Pizza With Sausage, Tomato, and Feta Cheese

Grilling gives pizza that smoky flavor common with pizza baked in brick or wood fired ovens. There mild and hot varieties of Italian sausage, as well as those that are sweeter in flavor. Choose the variety that suits you and your diners' tastes. The direct grill method is called for in this recipe for both the Italian sausage and the pizza. Direct grilling means to grill directly over the heat source, whether gas, charcoal or wood, as opposed the indirect method where the food is place on an area of the grill rack not directly over the heat.

You could certainly use a homemade pizza dough recipe for this recipe. Once the dough has risen and been shaped into pizza rounds, place the individual rounds directly over the heat for up to 3 minutes, allowing the bottom of the dough to firm and crisp. Remove the rounds from the heat, and flip so the side that has been grilled is facing up. Brush the top with olive oil, and proceed with topping the pizza. Return to the grill for 3-5 minutes, until ingredients are heated through and dough has firmed and crisped on the bottom.

Cooks Notes: If you are using a meat thermometer look for an internal temperature that reaches 165 degrees F.

Grilled Mediterranean-Style Pizza with Sausage, Tomato, and Feta Cheese

Ingredients:

1 (16 ounces) package Italian Sausage
1 (14 ounce) Pre-Baked Pizza Crust
2 tablespoons Garlic Flavored Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2/3 cup Pizza Sauce
1 cup shredded Italian Cheese Blend
1/2 cup crumbled Feta Cheese
1 Vine-Ripened Tomato, sliced very thin
1-1/2 teaspoons Dried Oregano
1 cup Fresh Basil, chopped

Preparations:

1. Preheat gas or charcoal grill to medium high heat.
2. Place Italian sausages on an oiled grill rack set 4 to 5 inches over the heat.
3. Grill, using the direct grill method, turning individual sausages occasionally with tongs.
4. Continue cooking the sausages until well browned and cooked through, about 7 to 9 minutes.
5. Cool slightly and cut into 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick slices.
6. Brush both sides of the ready-made pizza crust with olive oil.
7. Gently place the ready-made crust, top-side down on grill rack.
8. Grill for 2 to 3 minutes over direct heat until crust is warm. Flip crust.
9. Quickly spread pizza sauce on over topside of pizza crust.
10. Arrange sliced sausage and tomato slices on top of crust. Sprinkle with crumbled with Italian Blend and Feta cheeses, and dried oregano.
11. Grill over direct medium-high heat. Close or cover grill with lid.
12. Grill 5 to 10 minutes or until toppings are warm and cheese has melted.
13. Remove from grill and garnish with fresh basil.

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