Easy Taco Grilled Mini Pizzas
Pillsbury sponsored a post on Willow Bird Baking wherein I used their pizza crust for a grilled pizza project -- and these are the result! These mini-pizzas are adorable no matter how you cook them, but grilling pizzas turns out to be fast, delicious, and perfect for the summer. Leave the toppings on the side as a topping bar so everyone can create their own perfect pizza.
By the way, I don't own an actual grill! These pizzas are grilled on an indoor cast iron grill pan, which was a piece of cake to use (it was my first time, I believe, even though I've had it for over a year!)
Easy Taco Grilled Pizza
Recipe by: Willow Bird Baking
Yield: 6-10 mini pizzas
Ingredients:
1 roll Pillsbury Pizza Crust
1 pound ground beef or turkey
taco seasoning
cheddar cheese
salsa
optional toppings: chopped tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, tortilla chips, sour cream, chopped avocado
Directions:
Review Pillsbury's easy instructions for How to Grill Pizza before starting out and get all your toppings chopped and ready. Brown the ground beef in a skillet over high heat, drain it well on a paper towel lined plate, and then sauté it with the taco seasoning and a little water until it's well seasoned. Set this aside with the other prepared ingredients.
Unroll Pillsbury Pizza Crust onto a greased sheet of foil and cut it to desired "mini pizza" sizes.
Preheat a cast iron grill pan (sprayed well with cooking spray) over medium heat (or preheat an oiled outdoor grill to a low heat). Use the foil to flip the mini crusts, one or two at a time, onto the grill. Grill the crust for a minute or two on the first side before flipping it and adding a layer of salsa, seasoned beef, and cheese. Cook another minute or two to melt the cheese, being careful not to burn the bottom crust. If the cheese isn't fully melted, you can stick the pizza in the microwave for a few seconds post-grilling to finish that job. Take pizzas to the table and let everyone top as they wish. Enjoy!
Disclosure: Compensation was provided by General Mills via Glam Media for my original WBB post. The opinions expressed therein, though, are all mine and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of General Mills. You can rest assured that I never work with products on the blog that I’m not personally enthusiastic about.
To read some of my thoughts about my upcoming marriage (!!!), read about pizza grillin', and see more photos, please head over to Willow Bird Baking!
x-posted to food_porn, picturing_food, cooking, cookingupastorm
By the way, I don't own an actual grill! These pizzas are grilled on an indoor cast iron grill pan, which was a piece of cake to use (it was my first time, I believe, even though I've had it for over a year!)
Easy Taco Grilled Pizza
Recipe by: Willow Bird Baking
Yield: 6-10 mini pizzas
Ingredients:
1 roll Pillsbury Pizza Crust
1 pound ground beef or turkey
taco seasoning
cheddar cheese
salsa
optional toppings: chopped tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, tortilla chips, sour cream, chopped avocado
Directions:
Review Pillsbury's easy instructions for How to Grill Pizza before starting out and get all your toppings chopped and ready. Brown the ground beef in a skillet over high heat, drain it well on a paper towel lined plate, and then sauté it with the taco seasoning and a little water until it's well seasoned. Set this aside with the other prepared ingredients.
Unroll Pillsbury Pizza Crust onto a greased sheet of foil and cut it to desired "mini pizza" sizes.
Preheat a cast iron grill pan (sprayed well with cooking spray) over medium heat (or preheat an oiled outdoor grill to a low heat). Use the foil to flip the mini crusts, one or two at a time, onto the grill. Grill the crust for a minute or two on the first side before flipping it and adding a layer of salsa, seasoned beef, and cheese. Cook another minute or two to melt the cheese, being careful not to burn the bottom crust. If the cheese isn't fully melted, you can stick the pizza in the microwave for a few seconds post-grilling to finish that job. Take pizzas to the table and let everyone top as they wish. Enjoy!
Disclosure: Compensation was provided by General Mills via Glam Media for my original WBB post. The opinions expressed therein, though, are all mine and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of General Mills. You can rest assured that I never work with products on the blog that I’m not personally enthusiastic about.
To read some of my thoughts about my upcoming marriage (!!!), read about pizza grillin', and see more photos, please head over to Willow Bird Baking!
x-posted to food_porn, picturing_food, cooking, cookingupastorm