Italian Barbecued Pizza Dogs
Italian Barbecued Pizza Dogs is an easy way to bring sausage pizza to the table in the summer. Italians eat a lot of sausages and pizza and this is the ultimate dish if you like both.
I was about ten years old before I ate a hot dog and that was at the grocery counter while my parents shopped. Then they started to buy hot dogs, but weren’t sure of how to cook them. At the grocery store they were on a grill. My husband’s grandmother was Hungarian and she boiled them until they busted. As immigrants we tried new foods and I always laugh at the way we tried to cook them.
My Italian Barbecued Pizza dogs start with sausages on the grill and then I have a pizza dough that I use strictly for grilling. It fluffs up and is easily made in the food processor. You don’t have to wait for the dough to rise, because there is no yeast in this and it actually makes a bun around the sausage.
For that perfect barbecued sausage I have included a good video. Rodney Bowers is a regular on the Marilyn Denis Show. I like him because he is down to earth and honest. His recipes are easy to follow and he gives good advice.
If you like these you can make an easier appetizer version. Recipe right here on this website: https://recipesatmytable.com/spicy-sausage-bites/
This is the easiest dough to make and cooks up easily on the barbecue. Everything goes into a food processor.
This dough isn’t sticky; it is pliable and smooth. Knead it a few times and divide it into four pieces.
It stretches easily, but will be resilient when it meets the sausage.
The sausage grilled and ready.
Slice the sausage down the length without cutting through. Stuff it with the cheese.
Now pinch the dough together to form a bun around the sausage.
Put on a Pizza Pan and back into the barbecue they go. I had the burners on low; it was between 350 F and 400F.
Cooked and plated.
The First Bite
Italian Pizza Dogs Recipes at My Table
Cooked with ease on the barbecue, these dogs do bite.
Ingredients
The dough
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 cup plain yogurt
The Sausages
- 4 Italian Sausages one per person
- 1 cup shredded 4 Italian Cheese Blend
- 1 cup marinara sauce https://recipesatmytable.com/marinara-sauce-passata-making/
Instructions
The dough
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Place all the dry ingredients in a food processor and pulse.
Put in the yogurt and sour cream and spin on high until the dough moves away from the sides.
Turn onto the counter and knead for a few seconds. The dough is pliable and you can easily roll and mold into a ball.
Let the dough rest while you barbecue the sausage.
Divide into four.
The Sausage
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Barbecue your sausage on medium/low.
You want heat, but you don't want to burn your sausage.
Don't poke them or you release all the juices and don't pre-boil them.
This is an excellent video with the same advice:
The Assembly
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When the sausages are barbecued, let them sit for a few minutes.
Meanwhile take each of those dough ball and press it flat.
I used a small rolling pin to stretch it. This dough is very easy to work with.
Lightly brush a pizza pan with canola oil. I like the pizza discs with holes.
Place one sausage per pizza disc.
Slice each sausage lengthwise and stuff 1/4 cup of grated cheese into each.
Pinch the edges of the dough and pinch and then tuck around the ends.
Place on a 300F -350F bbq.
Turn after 15 minutes.
These Italian Dogs should be golden brown.
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