Grilled Poblano Pizza

This summer has gotten off to such a fun filled, crazy all around and extremely hot start that I think we're all just now catching our breaths. While the high heat (feeling over 100 degrees °F daily) remains omnipresent it's been a great opportunity to come up with tasty things to serve guests outside on the grill. This weekends winner has to be this thin crust, grilled Poblano pizza with pepper jack cheese and a liberal drizzling of extra virgin olive oil. Here's how to do it too and a special extra treat at the end:

HOW-TO + RECIPE

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Grilled Poblano Pizza Recipe

by mam at GaveThat.com June-11-2015

A thin crust, BBQ grilled Poblano pizza with pepper jack cheese and a liberal drizzling of extra virgin olive oil.

Ingredients

• 1 Pillsbury thin or original crust pizza crust
• 1 cup sliced Poblano peppers
• 1 cup black olives
• 1 cup pepper jack cheese
• 2 cups Mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup pepperoni slices
• 1/2 cup tomato puree or pizza sauce
• 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• To taste sprinkling of garlic powder, oregano and basil or pizza seasoning

Instructions
Start your BBQ to a temperature of at least 400 degrees.

Taking the Pillsbury pizza crust, roll it out on a sheet of foil or on a dark cookie sheet being sure to oil the surface well. For the pizza above I allowed the crust to pre-bake for about 6 minutes in the pan so it would be stiff enough to then flip and grill on the other side. Flipping and grilling the other side took about 3 minutes.Removing from the grill it was time to add all of the toppings and finish it off with some extra virgin olive oil. Place back on the grill, away from direct flames to further bake in the sauce and melt the cheese. About 15 minutes. The result is a surprisingly airy, flaky, smoky crust and lovely, gooey pizza all around! Using fruit woods or flavored wood chips also added a lovely flavor to the finished pie.

Details

Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 25 mins Yield: 6 servines

Now for something a little extra. We've once again had the pleasure of teaming up with MyBlogSpark and Pillsbury to not only create the grilled pizza recipe above to share but also to host a giveaway for the grilling gift set below! Find all the details to entering below and good luck: Giveaway rules: For the giveaway please enter by emailing me at: GaveThat@gmail.com with the subject line "Grilling Gift Set Giveaway" and let me know what you love to grill this summer. 1 (one) entry per person, enter by July 31st 2013, 12:00am EST. Open to US residents with a US address only (sorry to all my international visitors!) A gift set will be mailed to the winner by MyBlogSpark.  Winners will be chosen at random. Good luck everyone! 

Information about creating grilled pizza, products, gift card and additional grilling gift set  was provided by Pillsbury  through MyBlogSpark.Thank you so much!

Image: Magda & mam for Gave That