Kids Can Make: Pizza on Skewers

Votes: 4

How to Make - Kids Can Do It: Pizza on Skewers

Time: 40 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

Grilled pizza skewers are a perfect appetizer for a fun party. Kids will especially love this style, as they'll love helping you assemble the skewers and then eating them with their hands, no cutlery required. To prepare, thread all the ingredients of a traditional pizza onto wooden skewers: dough pieces, natural sausage, and small grape tomatoes. A few minutes before the skewers are done, top them with slices of mozzarella. Sprinkle with fresh basil and serve with marinara sauce for dipping.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

340 g prepared sweet Italian chicken sausages (about 4 pieces), sliced 1 cm thick.
Grated Parmesan (optional)
Crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
1/3 cup olive oil, plus extra for greasing the grill grate
2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
Premium flour for work
220 g pizza dough, chilled
2 cups grape tomatoes (24-30 pcs.)
450 g fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced
0.5 cup fresh basil leaves
1 cup of any marinara sauce, warmed, for dipping
Special equipment: 8 wooden skewers, 30 cm long.

Ingredient Substitution Suggestions

We recommend

Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Soak eight wooden skewers in water for 30 minutes. Preheat the grill to high heat. Cut a 12-inch square of foil.
In a large bowl, combine olive oil, Italian seasoning and 1 teaspoon salt.

Flour your work surface. Roll out the dough into a rectangle approximately 27.5 x 15 x 0.5 cm. Using a pizza wheel or knife, cut the dough into 2.5 cm wide strips, then into 2.5 cm squares.

Place the dough pieces, tomatoes and sausage in the spiced olive oil and toss gently to coat evenly.

Working quickly to keep the dough cool, thread the sausage pieces (pierce them through the skin), tomatoes, and dough squares (pierce them through opposite sides of each square so they cook flat) onto skewers one at a time. Leave 1 cm (0.5 in) of the skewer at each end. Each skewer should hold 4 sausage pieces, 4 dough squares, and about 3 tomatoes.
Grill the skewers, covered, until the tomatoes are charred and the dough has risen, 2-3 minutes. Place the prepared foil on the grill grate and transfer the skewers, grilled side up, to the foil, so they are almost touching. Top with mozzarella and grill, covered, until the tomatoes are tender, the dough squares have doubled in size, and the mozzarella is melted, another 3 minutes.
Divide the kebabs among four plates. Tear basil leaves and sprinkle on top. Serve with marinara sauce for dipping and garnish with Parmesan and red pepper flakes.

Categories:

recipe / Recipes for children's dishes / Backyard Recipes / Summer dishes / Grill, barbecue / Grilled meat / Appetizers / Snacks with sauces / Meat appetizers / / Food Network - recipes