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Backyard Wood Oven Pizza Party


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  • Author: Christina Soong-Kroeger / Dayle Hall
  • Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 pizzas (plus garlic bread) 1x

Description

Everything you need for your own pizza party: a great dough recipe and three tasty toppings! The dough recipe is based on various pizza recipes and techniques from Jeff Varasano, Russell’s Wood-Fired Pizza Recipe on SBS Food and Pizza Modo Mio by John Lanzafame.


Ingredients

Units Scale

Pizza dough (makes 4 bases):

  • 375 g (12 oz) strong white bread flour (over 11 1/2% protein), plus more for dusting
  • 125 g (4 oz) wholemeal flour
  • 375 ml (1 1/2 cups) room-temperature filtered water
  • 1 packet (7 g) dried yeast
  • 2 level tsp salt
  • 1 level tsp sugar

Garlic bread:

  • 4 tbsp butter, softened
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped

Salami and margherita pizza:

  • 4 tbsp tomato pizza sauce
  • 100 g (3 1/2 oz) sliced salami
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 150 g (5 oz) fresh buffalo mozzarella, torn
  • A handful of fresh basil leaves
  • Olive oil, for drizzling
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Mushroom pizza:

  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 220 g (7 oz) mushrooms (a mix of button and field mushrooms), divided
  • A small handful of fresh parsley, chopped
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 155 g (5 oz) Taleggio cheese, sliced
  • A handful of fresh basil leaves
  • 1 tbsp olive oil, for frying

Ham and pineapple pizza:

  • 4 tbsp tomato pizza sauce
  • 150 g (5 oz) sliced ham
  • 1 cup pineapple chunks (fresh or tinned, well drained)
  • 100 g (3 1/2 oz) grated mozzarella

Prawn pizza:

  • 220 g (7 oz) peeled raw king prawns
  • 2 tbsp olive oil, plus more for brushing
  • Rind (zest) of 1 lemon
  • A small handful of fresh basil leaves
  • A small handful of fresh mint leaves
  • 4 tbsp tomato pizza sauce
  • 125 g (4 oz) grated mozzarella
  • 1 red onion, finely sliced
  • 2 fresh red chillies, seeds removed and finely sliced
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

Make the dough:

  1. Combine both flours and the dried yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook.
  2. Dissolve the sugar and salt in the warm water, then, with the mixer on its lowest speed, slowly pour the water mixture into the flour. Mix until a rough ball forms, 1–2 minutes.
  3. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead gently into a smooth ball. Do not overwork.
  4. Place in a lightly oiled, high-sided bowl. Cover with oiled cling wrap and a tea towel. Rest for 20 minutes. (At this point you can refrigerate the dough overnight, or freeze it.)
  5. If using immediately, leave at room temperature until doubled in size, about 1 hour total. If refrigerated overnight, remove 1 hour before use, divide into 4 balls, place on a floured tray, cover with oiled plastic, and let rise for 1 hour.

Garlic bread:

  1. Mix the softened butter with the minced garlic and parsley. Roll or stretch a dough base thin, spread generously with garlic butter, and cook in the wood oven (or a very hot 500°F/260°C conventional oven) until blistered and golden, 3–5 minutes.

Salami and margherita pizza:

  1. Stretch one dough ball to a thin round. Brush lightly with olive oil, spread a thin layer of pizza sauce, and scatter basil leaves over the base.
  2. Arrange the salami slices, cherry tomato halves, and torn buffalo mozzarella over the basil. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Cook in the wood oven until the crust is charred and blistered, 3–6 minutes depending on oven heat.

Mushroom pizza:

  1. Heat olive oil in a frying pan. Add the onion, garlic, half the mushrooms, and parsley. Cook until soft. Season, then blend until smooth to make a mushroom purée.
  2. Thickly slice the remaining mushrooms and fry in the same pan until golden.
  3. Stretch one dough ball and spread with mushroom purée. Scatter basil leaves and grated mozzarella over the base, then add the fried mushrooms. Top with slices of Taleggio.
  4. Cook in the wood oven until blistered and the Taleggio is melted, 3–6 minutes.

Ham and pineapple pizza:

  1. Stretch one dough ball. Spread with pizza sauce, then scatter grated mozzarella over the base. Arrange the ham slices and well-drained pineapple chunks on top.
  2. Cook in the wood oven until the cheese is bubbling and the crust is golden, 3–6 minutes.

Prawn pizza:

  1. Marinate the prawns overnight in 2 tbsp olive oil, the lemon rind, basil, and mint. Keep refrigerated.
  2. Stretch one dough ball. Brush with oil, spread with pizza sauce, and scatter the grated mozzarella and basil leaves. Add the sliced red onion and chilli.
  3. Arrange the marinated prawns across the top. Spoon a little lemon juice over each prawn and season with salt and pepper.
  4. Cook in the wood oven until the prawns are pink and cooked through and the crust is charred, 4–7 minutes.

Notes

  • In a wood-fired oven the pizzas cook in 3–6 minutes; in a conventional oven cranked to its highest setting (ideally 500°F/260°C with a pizza stone), allow 8–12 minutes.
  • Marinate the prawns the night before for the best flavor.
  • Prep Time: 1 hour 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Category: Pizza
  • Cuisine: Australian

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 slice
  • Calories: 310