Cast Iron Skillet Pizzas...PRON HEAVY!

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First of all I need to give credit to Moose. He sent me a PM yesterday offering his expertise if I needed some help, this being my first attempt at pizza on the grill. I did not do it as he suggested because I didn't have the proper equipment (bricks :becky:). But he did give some excellent advice when I told him how I was attempting to do the cook. His advice paid off big time and my pizzas both turned out perfect...so a big huge THANKS to you Moose!:thumb:

Ok, so we had this beautiful strip steak left over from the other night and I thought hey, I wanna make a white sauce steak, onion and mushroom deep dish pizza!
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So here goes...deguerre fired up the kettle while I prepared a creamy garlic, asiago and blue cheese white sauce. And boy did he get that kettle HOT!
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I had one can of rustic french loaf dough and one can of pizza crust dough. I made one 12" and one 10" pizza. I oiled both cast irons well with EVOO.
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The rustic french dough was used on the 12". Then added some sliced mozzarella and provalone cheeses. Then slightly grilled red onions and mushrooms.
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Thinly sliced strip steak was added to the 12" then topped off with a little shredded mozzarella.
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The 10" was built the same but bacon was used instead of steak. Then they went on the kettle one at a time. The coals were moved to the edge of the kettle so none were in the middle for a more even cook (Moose's advice). I removed them as soon as the crust was done but did have to throw them under the broiler for a minute to brown the top slightly.
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Oh man these turned out so good! I loved the white sauce with steak, onions and mushrooms...y'all gotta try one!
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^^^^I took it out of the skillet to slice.
And below...the bacon pizza was pretty darn tasty too! I mean come on, isn't everything better with bacon?!
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And plated...
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Thanks for looking!
 
It all looks fantastic - but that second to last pic is a classic! Pizza is high on the list for me - hadn't thought about doing it in a CI skillet - now that I've seen this I'll get on the case 'cause I've been stalling on figuring out what stone & all that - cast iron? I got plenty of that ready to go. :thumb:

Thanks for posting! :clap2:
 
Great looking pizza! O man a slice of that with my favorite beverage! I am going to be totally worthless at work today because of this! :laugh:
 
Holy crap! I just drooled on my shirt a little. I had never though of doing deep dish in a cast iron skillet before either. Looks like it sure beats Pizza Hut! Thanks for the Pron!
 
Wow! Ya'll are killing me. I have yet to try pizza on a grill I guess because I keep spending my money on other items instead of a stone. I see you left the Death Dust out. :redface:
 
Which was better the french loaf dough or the pizza dough? I really don't like the pizza dough from a can but an alternative would be great. Pizzas look fantastic!
 
Wow! Ya'll are killing me. I have yet to try pizza on a grill I guess because I keep spending my money on other items instead of a stone. I see you left the Death Dust out. :redface:

Yep, saving it for all the chicken wings we're doing this weekend. But of course I did give my slices a healthy sprinkling of crushed red pepper flakes!

I'll take a couple slices of each please!

There's hardly any left :icon_blush:.
 
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