Tomatoes are on sale everywhere right now. And I’m cooking up a bunch of delicious meals that are bursting with tomato goodness. Today I’m going to share a real simple recipe that is part salad, part pizza and completely scrumptious. Grilled BLT pizza.
Making pizza on the grill is a snap. Just roll out your favorite dough and toss it on a medium-high heat grill. No pans necessary.
Usually I only grill one side for pizza, but this time I flipped it over to grill both. If it gets a little charred, that’s ok. It gives it a real New York style flavor.
After I flipped it over, I covered the top with some mozzarella cheese. Swiss would work well too. Your choice.
Ahead of time I chopped up eight medium sized tomatoes. I also chopped up some basil from my garden. It’s not necessary to add the basil, but I think it brightens up the dish a bit.
Of course no BLT would be complete without bacon. Eight slices did the trick. A few grinds of black pepper and a smidge of salt, and that’s it. I gave it a quick toss and set it aside while I chopped up half a head of romaine lettuce.
Assembly is a snap. Cover the crust with the lettuce, top with the tomato mixture, and serve. The perfect summertime meal with few dishes and no indoor cooking other than the bacon which can be done ahead of time.
Us east coasters can appreciate that right about now with this sweltering heat. Oy.
The beautiful thing about this recipe is that much of it can be done ahead of time. You can grill the pizza crust and toss it in the fridge or freezer and then reheat when ready to eat.
The only thing I would caution you on is that the bacon can be cooked ahead of time, but don’t add it to the tomatoes until you are ready to serve it.
How about you? Do you have any wonderful tomato recipes to share? Have you tried grilling pizza before?
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That looks great. We grill pizza every Friday night with my parents. It’s our summer time tradition. Right now everyone is into grilling buffalo chicken pizza, but i am loving this new reciepe. Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE buffalo pizza. I had one recently that had crumbled blue cheese on it. Holy yum!
Hey! I just made BLT’s last night! Not sure what my family would think of me adding it to pizza…they tend not to like pizza where the toppings “fall off” (which means more taco pizza for me thankyouverymuch!).
My favorite with summer tomatoes is caprese. The end. Good home grown tomatoes are so rare around here that we make them the absolute star of the show.
I hear ya. My kids used to hate tacos because the filling would fall out. It made them nuts. I just trained them to eat this type of pizza like it’s a salad. They cope better that way.
That looks wonderful! I will have to try grilling pizza again. Would it be possible for you to post your barley recipe again or will it be on the food blog you are launching? I can’t seem to find the one I printed and I want to try that as well. Thanks so much.
No problem! Here you go!
http://www.thecoupongoddess.com/2012/05/barley-not-your-grandmas-grain.html
Great recipe and wonderful pix as usual Melanie! I can’t wait to try this one too. Thank you!
Thank you!
Yum. I love fresh tomatoes. My favorite recipe right now is tomato pie…not something us northeasterners are known for, but man is it delicious!
That sounds delicious. Is that an Italian dish?
I have a GREAT, different tomato salad recipe that I will be bringing to a friend’s open house next weekend:
Mediterranian Salad
1 cuke, peeled & diced
1 pt grape tomatoes, halved
1/2 c pitted olies halved or chopped
8 oz fetta, cubed
11/2T fresh oregano chopped
2T Olive oil
2T wine vinegar
Mix all together. Season. Serve to 6
NOTES: I substitute zuchinni for the cuke. I use a mixture of black & green olives. I use 1/2T of dry oregano. you can also dice any size or type of tomato, even drained, canned.
Several of my local stores have been VERY cheap on tomatoes & feta for several weeks now. Feta can be frozen. I have at least 1 lb put away.
That sounds right up my alley! Thank you for sharing!