Pizza Bites Appetizer, Banana Nutella Dessert - Pics

Tjcoley · April 2013

Started out with store bought pizza dough (Wegman's), out of the fridge a few hours before cooking and let it rise.

Pull off a chunk and flatten it out. Place pizza filling (pepperoni here) and cheese (String Cheese slice) in the middle.

Pull up the sides to form a ball, about 1 1/2 inches diameter.

You can use sausage or the topping of your choice.

Place in a pan, brush with EVOO, sprinkle with garlic, oregano and parmesan cheese.

Bake raised indirect about 20 minutes.

Took the @Cen_Tex challenge from the 'Newbies Ask For Advice" thread and went sans temp probe (I managed to stay out of that one). Looking for about 450.

A little sauce for dipping, and overall a good appetizer. I need to play with it a bit. Seemed to be missing something. Crust was crispy outside, soft and chewy inside, but the crispy outside made it seem a little dry. Also could use some salt.

Converted from indirect to direct and threw on some quick burgers

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Had dough left over, so decided to try dessert. Same technique, but used a dollop of Nutella and a slice of banana.

Brushed with melted butter, sprinkled with Turbinado sugar, same time/temp, then brushed with more melted butter and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

The dessert was a definite winner.

After the cook, put in the probe - 475

cazzy · April 2013

Very creative! They look great!

Fred19Flintstone · April 2013

TJ, those look great! Looking at your post, I kept thinking these would be great for the the egg demo cook I'm doing in June. Big plus is to have an appetizer and a desert without changing set-ups or temp. You're making my menu decision for the egg demo cook in June more difficult! DON'T STOP!

(edit) Almost forgot, Bookmarked!

Dyal_SC · April 2013

Fantastic!

Tjcoley · April 2013

Fred19Flintstone said:

TJ, those look great! Looking at your post, I kept thinking these would be great for the the egg demo cook I'm doing in June. Big plus is to have an appetizer and a desert without changing set-ups or temp. You're making my menu decision for the egg demo cook in June more difficult! DON'T STOP!
(edit) Almost forgot, Bookmarked!

Fred, I think these could be prepared ahead of time and refrigerated/frozen making it even easier for a demo/fest. From one batch of dough, I could have done another pan of either.

Griffin · April 2013

That looks awesome!! Bookmarked for when I can eat that stuff again.

CantonDawg · April 2013

Well done!

SmokinDAWG82 · April 2013

Great ideas, thanks for sharing

EddieK76 · April 2013

Well done....The banana and nutella looks great!

FanOfFanboys · April 2013

Awesome looking!

gdenby · April 2013

Wonderful idea. Looks like they are simple, make ahead-able, and really easy to get good results. I've got a couple balls of frozen dough in the freezer. Altho I had planned on waiting for the pizza steel to use them, I think 1 is going to be used as soon as defrosted.

Pizza Bites Appetizer, Banana Nutella Dessert - Pics

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