Dutch Oven Pizza
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We all love pizza so let’s eat pizza at the campsite too. This all comes together and cooks rather quickly. The dough is chewy and the whole pizza is scrumptious.
I prefer to make this with homemade dough, and I prefer to use ground Italian sausage over pepperoni.
Dutch Oven Pizza
Category
Camping and Cast Iron Cooking
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
40 minutes
Total Time
55 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 recipe of Pizza Dough or a box of pizza dough mix
- 1 jar pizza sauce – start with half and then use more if needed
- ½ lb mozzarella cheese
- ½ lb pepperoni and/or Italian sausage, browned
- Your choice of veggies – peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc
- Dutch oven liner
Instructions
- Start 30 briquettes for a 12 inch oven
- Prepare the pizza dough per mix directions and roll out into a round shape
- Spread the dough across the center of the liner.
- Using the liner, set the pizza down into the Dutch oven. Roll up the edges of the dough as needed to fit the bottom of the Dutch oven.
- Put the lid on the Dutch oven, and then place 8 briquettes under and 22 briquettes on top of the Dutch Oven. Bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove the lid and carefully top the pizza crust with sauce, then meat, then ½ the cheese, the veggies, and the other half of the cheese.
- Bake for another 15 minutes, then check if the cheese and crust are the way you like them. Replace the lid and cook another 5-10 minutes if you would like them more done.