I'm looking for some pizza receipts for Quetico. Stores have pepperoni that does not need refergation and sauce in plastic bottle. But don't know what bread or cheese works best and how to bake it on a camp fire.

Thanks

Odie

You have two options either take pre made crusts like Boboli or some other brand. they have large and small sizes, the small are about 8 inches. Or you could make mini pizzas using english muffins or crescent rolls. The other option is take ingredients to make your own crust. There are lots of recipes for make your own crust. Besides the pepperoni, take along some deydrated olives, green peppers, chooped onions, etc. to make it really good. Just regular shredded mozzarela or some cheese sticks cut up works for the cheese. I also take dehydrated italian sausage.
Now for baking it you have a couple of optiions you could use a reflector oven or an Outback Oven (use on a remote canister stove.

We just made personal pizzas for my son's birthday party, we used English muffins for the crust- could be an option.

Oh yeah- toast them first then make the pizza, waaay better that way!!!

Jiffy pizza crust mix and JMO.

Here is a pepperoni made in my GSI Dutch Oven.



Regular pizza dough mix, and pizza sauce dehydrated into a leather.

We cook the pizzas on the fire grate and use the pre made thin crust from Walmart or Target. The thin crust cooks faster. The two meals that are always on the menu are steaks the first night and then pizza. With the boboli sauce and the margarita brand pepperoni we can have pizza on the fourth or fifth night.

Pita bread, tomato sauce, cheese, dried Italian sausage sliced, grilled onions. We cook on the fire grate, above hot coals. Would like to try a reflector oven, but haven't yet.

Hmmm ... just added pizza to the menu for my next trip. Thanks.

I bring the ingredients for the dough and make it at the campsite. Then I grill the dough to make a crust. I often do this at home on the weber and its easy.

I use dehydrated sauce. I rehydrate the sauce and heat it up. Once the crust is grilled, I put shredded cheese and peperoni on the crust. I then pour the hot sauce over the cheese and it melts into the sauce. As an esoteric point of trivia, this is how they make pizza in Trenton, New Jersey.

I use flat bread for a crust, sauce, choice of toppings, cheese.

Find a flat rock...get a nice bed of coals going, place the rock on the coals and build the pizza and place on the rock....


or try the same on a reflector oven....but the rock is my favorite

quote Chicagored: "I bring the ingredients for the dough and make it at the campsite. Then I grill the dough to make a crust. I often do this at home on the weber and its easy.


I use dehydrated sauce. I rehydrate the sauce and heat it up. Once the crust is grilled, I put shredded cheese and peperoni on the crust. I then pour the hot sauce over the cheese and it melts into the sauce. As an esoteric point of trivia, this is how they make pizza in Trenton, New Jersey."

yep- exactly how we do it! I add the water to the dry dough mix in the morning, leave it in the pack through the day, press it into the pot, add rehydrated sauce, and all the goodies like cheese and pepperoni- then into the Backpacker Oven or a pot covered then wth hot coals on to to bake.

We use an Indian flat bread called naan for our crusts. I buy it pre-made at Costco and Trader Joe's has a smaller version of naan also that we sometimes use.

quote luft: "We use an Indian flat bread called naan for our crusts. I buy it pre-made at Costco and Trader Joe's has a smaller version of naan also that we sometimes use. "

Naan does make nice pizzas!

I was at Trader Joes on Friday up at Madison and spotted the Naan. Will have to get some this summer to try for pizza crusts. I see they have garlic, plain and whole wheat.

quote OldFingers57: "I was at Trader Joes on Friday up at Madison and spotted the Naan. Will have to get some this summer to try for pizza crusts. I see they have garlic, plain and whole wheat."

Go for garlic! Plain is fine too. Whole wheat is for the non-BW types.

Well the garlic naan will definitely keep the mosquitos and vampires away. I could smell it outside the package, very strong garlic smell!!

quote OldFingers57: "Well the garlic naan will definitely keep the mosquitos and vampires away. I could smell it outside the package, very strong garlic smell!!"

We use the plain but the garlic sounds like it would make a great tasting crust. Although it might be too aromatic for the BWCA blue barrel crowd:-)

Boboli pizza sauce is great because it comes in individual plastic pouches. We usually stuff pitas the way we want them and wrap them in foil. But I really like mooseplum's rock technique.

quote OldFingers57: "I was at Trader Joes on Friday up at Madison and spotted the Naan. Will have to get some this summer to try for pizza crusts. I see they have garlic, plain and whole wheat."

I think the wheat sounds good. We avoid white bread and pasta as much as possible now. I feel way better after eating whole grains than I do white processed breads. Thanks for the idea - usually we use whole wheat pitas.

We normally use pita bread from Trader Joes. May try the naan this year.

Thank you all for the receipts and ideas. I tested the crust on a propane grill and found the Boboli crust the best. The Naan flat bread from Traders Joes came in second. The best sause was Boboli. The key is to bring the sause to a low boil in a separate pot then pour it over the topping after the crust has been warmed cup. The sause Melted the string cheese and warmed up the pepperoni. I was surprised how good it tasted not being bake in a oven.

Thanks again.

We use tortillas - think pizza quesadillas. tortillas are on both sides, so you can flip your pizza. It is super easy.

quote luft: "

quote OldFingers57: "Well the garlic naan will definitely keep the mosquitos and vampires away. I could smell it outside the package, very strong garlic smell!!"

We use the plain but the garlic sounds like it would make a great tasting crust. Although it might be too aromatic for the BWCA blue barrel crowd:-)
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We use the garlic naan and love it. Add sauce , pepperoni, string cheese and pop in the reflector oven. Best camp food ever. We now make them at home on the patio fire pit all the time too. Fresher toppings though.

I buy the Boboli copies at Aldi for crusts. We've got a wide diameter pan over the Coleman; I spread a little butter on the crust and warm it up in the pan. While it is warming, I spread a little more butter on the top. While that is happening, on the other burner I am heating the pizza sauce and pepperoni together in a small pot. Then I flip the crust, scoop on the already-warm sauce and pepperoni, and then add slices of mozzarella. We bring a block of cheese; it keeps fine although it looks weird. With the burner on low and a cover on top to melt the cheese cook for a little more. Shake on Parmesan and crushed red peppers. YUMMY.

This thread put pizza on my brain.

Hubby had to work so we made "campfire" pizzas In the oven last night. I had some super meaty spaghetti sauce that needed to be used up so we made Naan pizzas topped with the sauce and mozzarella.

quote lundojam: "I buy the Boboli copies at Aldi for crusts. We've got a wide diameter pan over the Coleman; I spread a little butter on the crust and warm it up in the pan. While it is warming, I spread a little more butter on the top. While that is happening, on the other burner I am heating the pizza sauce and pepperoni together in a small pot. Then I flip the crust, scoop on the already-warm sauce and pepperoni, and then add slices of mozzarella. We bring a block of cheese; it keeps fine although it looks weird. With the burner on low and a cover on top to melt the cheese cook for a little more. Shake on Parmesan and crushed red peppers. YUMMY."

I use a little Esxtra Virgin olive oil instead of the butter but otherwise do the same.

quote luft: "This thread put pizza on my brain.


Hubby had to work so we made "campfire" pizzas In the oven last night. I had some super meaty spaghetti sauce that needed to be used up so we made Naan pizzas topped with the sauce and mozzarella.


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Me too!!! But I waited until tonight because we needed to make a Trader Joe's run for garlic Naan. Yum! Best dinner for watching the Wild.