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Fresh rolled pizza dough topped with mustard based BBQ sauce in place of tomato sauce, then layered with leftover pulled pork, slices of smoked sausage, cheddar cheese and cooked for 2 minutes in an outdoor pizza oven. The pulled pork BBQ pizza is finished with a layer of sweet pickles. You read that right, pickle pizza. I know the pickles sound weird. But they are fantastic. Indeed, the acidity and sweetness of the pickles really bring this recipe together.
While this is our first pizza cooked in an outdoor pizza oven, it’s not our first pizza recipe. Check out this pear and prosciutto pizza or this similar BBQ pizza if you are freaking out about the pickles on pizza. Although, if you are slightly more daring, maybe a jerk chicken pizza or this smoked salmon pizza.
Pulled Pork BBQ Pizza in a Pizza Oven Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons semolina flour, divided
- 1 dough ball
- Mustard based BBQ sauce, substitute tomato based BBQ sauce or Alabama white sauce.
- Leftover pulled pork
- Smoked sausage, we used jalapeno cheddar sausages
- Three cheese cheddar
- Sweet pickle chips
Other Equipment Needed:
- Outdoor pizza oven
- Pizza peel
I am intentionally vague on amounts in this recipe for our pickle pizza, because everything depends on how big your dough ball is. We used about 1/4 cup of sauce, 1/2 cup of pulled pork and maybe a sausage and a half. Adjust your amounts accordingly.
First, spread a teaspoon of semolina flour on a cutting board and begin working the dough. I know your first inclination is to grab a rolling pin. That was mine too:
The rolling pin works, but hands work better when rolling out pizza dough. Obviously, you can see that I’m quite excited about how well the hands work:
Nobody should be that excited about pizza dough, but here I am!
Spread the other tablespoon of semolina over the pizza peel and set the flattened dough right on the peel and drizzle the BBQ sauce:
Use the back of a spoon to spread the sauce evenly, leaving the outer inch or so naked:
Why use Semolina Flour when Making Pizza?
The semolina keeps the tacky dough from sticking to the cutting board or pizza peel. It is also amazing for improving the texture of the crust in that it makes it crispier. While you might be tempted to use corn meal if semolina is not available, I would suggest making sure to find the semolina. Although corn meal works great for cooking pizzas inside in the oven that generally taps out at 500F, dedicated pizza ovens often go above 700F and can go as high as 900F. Consequently, corn meal will burn at those temps.
Next, slice the smoked sausage. We used jalapeno cheddar sausage:
Then, lay down the smoked sausage, pulled pork and triple cheddar cheese:
Pro Tip ~ Make Sure the Pizza Slides off the Peel
Before you insert the pizza into the pizza oven, give the peel a little yank to make sure the pizza will slide. If it doesn’t, lift up the stuck side and sprinkle a little more semolina flour underneath.
Aaaannnddd in 2 minutes, the pizza is ready:
Then scatter some sweet pickles over the top to complete our pickle pizza:
Finally, slice and serve:
BBQ Pizza in a Pizza Oven Recap:
The pickle pizza is truly a unique pizza. The mustard sauce and the pickles really set this pizza apart from just about anything else out there. And the combo of flavors is really out of this world. The pickles freak some folks out, but the vinegar and sweetness of the pickles really bring all of this together. I highly recommend giving this a try. Like tomorrow. Or even tonight. Get after it!
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Recipe Card:
Pulled Pork BBQ Pizza in a Pizza Oven
Equipment
- 1 Outdoor pizza oven
- 1 Pizza peel
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Semolina flour Divided
- 1 Fresh dough ball
- ¼ cup Mustard based BBQ sauce Substitute tomato based sauce or Alabama white sauce
- Smoked sausages Sliced
- Leftover pulled pork
- Triple cheddar cheese Substitute your favorite pizza cheese
- Sweet pickles
Instructions
- Sprinkle half of the semolina on a cutting board and place the dough down and roll it out. Work the dough with your hands until it is big enough for a pizza. Then lay down the other half of the semolina on a pizza peel and place the flattened pizza dough on the peel
- Pour enough mustard BBQ sauce (or whatever BBQ sauce you prefer) onto the dough and use the back of the spoon to cover all but the outer one inch of the dough.
- Layer down the pulled pork, slices of smoked sausage and the cheese
- Set the pizza oven to north of 700F and put the raw pizza inside. If the pizza oven does not have a rotating bottom, rotate the pizza with the peel about 60 seconds in,. After a full 2 minutes, remove the pizza from the oven.
- Lay down the sweet pickles and slice the pizza
- Enjoy
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