GRILLZ!

my grilled pizza game is now officially totally expert.
yup.
i figured it out, and i adjusted my technique to fit the tools at hand.
i also made woodfired superhottness in 100 degree weather.
just because nature wins, that doesn't mean i have to concede the trials.
i was outside playing with flames, whilst simultaneously bursting into flames
like a straw scarecrow on the asphalt.
yikes.
there was fire.
there was flavor.
there was excellence on every level.
that's what a DÜDI BOI SUMMER is all about.
hahaha!!!
yep.
check it:

WOOOOOOOOD FIRE GRILLIN'.
what's the score?
two pies out of one dough.
homemade cashew mozzarella.
garlic slices.
carmelized red onions.
crushed tomatoes.
dudes, this is magic.
i had basil on one, and rosemary and oregano on the other.
what's the dough made out of this time?
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GRILLDOUGH!
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combine 1/2 tsp sugar,
3/4 cup warm water;
1 tsp bread machine yeast together and let that bloom.
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in a stand mixer, with a dough hook attached,
add 1 3/4 cups king arthur bread flour;
1 1/2 tsp sea salt;
2 T olive oil;
1/2 tsp wheat gluten.
add the water/yeast and knead it for 11 minutes.
let it rise for fifteen, divide it, roll each half in olive oil and make two balls,
let those rise for another 'nother 15, then hand toss those jauns,
and get 'em ready with a little flour on one side and olive oil on the other,
so that you can use a peel and get 'em on the hot grill....
huh?
yeah.
you grill 'em first over coals,
then top 'em with all the good sh!t,
then finish 'em next to a raging open flame
to get that real-real nature pizza activation.
word.
look at what happened:

PEE EYE ZEE ZEE AYY!!!!
basil, onion, garlic, crushed tomatoes, cashew mozz',
and olive oil.
expert.
and then:

WOW!
grilled mushrooms and burst grilled tomatoes,
plus those onions, and oregano and rosemary.
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the cashew chee' recipe is here.
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forty five seconds per side, flipped and charred and good.
then, after getting all the stuff on it,
there's indirect flame and a lid to circulate the heat and smoke and pure joy.
neighbors,
i dunno.
i'm half asleep and out of sorts, but i needed to share these dreamy dream pizzas
before they vanished deep into the past.
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anyway,
there's nothin' but summer for the next few weeks.
i already feel it fleeting past.
and while i hate sleeping, my body keeps insisting on some more or it.
yuck.
so, whenever i'm awake there'll be good things poppin' off.
that's the rules, man.
it's a DÜDI BOI SUMMER up in the woodsly goodness,
and that means clever conversation.
it also means creative nonfiction real-life documentarianism.
and for sure it means great food in the hot glow of august.
that's approaching rapidly.
is anybody ready for that?
we'll see;
never quiet, never soft.....