Craving amazing pizza? Break out the Dutch oven! Crisp and chewy crust, your favorite toppings, bubbling melted cheese–it’s all in your future when you make this Dutch oven pizza.
Melty cheese and tangy sauce on a crust that’s crisp on the outside yet soft inside … there’s nothing quite like a perfectly baked pizza.
But sadly, homemade pizza hasn’t been much of an option when camping, considering the whole not-having-an-oven thing. That is, until now! With Dutch oven campfire pizza, great pizza is possible–served up hot and fresh right at your campsite.
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Why make pizza in a Dutch oven? Because the pots are a tremendously versatile cooking vessel–including being perfect for making pizza! When you’re utilizing a campfire, cooking with a Dutch oven allows you to stack coals or embers both underneath and on the lid of the pot, creating high, omnidirectional heat inside. That produces an effect very similar to an oven—exactly the kind of environment that turns out a perfectly cooked pizza.
You can make this pizza at home, too! In fact, once you’ve enjoyed this cooking method out camping, you might just want to replicate it in your own kitchen.
Are you ready to try your hand at one of our all-time favorite Dutch oven camping recipes by making your own Dutch oven pizza? There are a few tricks to getting it just right, so read on for all you need to know.
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Pizza dough: Make your own homemade pizza dough (here’s our favorite quick 30-minute pizza dough recipe) or use premade pizza dough such as Pillsbury brand or refrigerated dough from Trader Joe’s. You’ll want around eight ounces of dough for a 10-inch pizza, or 10 ounces for a 12-inch pie.
Cornmeal: This helps keep your pizza from sticking to the parchment paper and adds a welcome bit of crunch to your crust.
Toppings of choice: This one’s up to you! You can choose typical pizza toppings like mozzarella, pizza sauce, pepperoni … or you can get creative and make a more unique pie. Either way, you’ll want to avoid too much moisture so your pizza cooks up as crisp as possible, so stick with low-moisture mozzarella and omit watery toppings like zucchini.
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Dutch oven: You’ll want a camping-style Dutch oven with legs on the bottom (so you can place coals underneath) and a lid with a rim (so you can place coals on top of it).
Chimney starter: While not necessary, a chimney starter helps get charcoal briquettes ready fast. We like this one that packs flat for easy storage.
Parchment paper: Parchment paper gives you “handles” for lifting out your pie with ease. Plus, it makes clean-up a cinch! Cut sheets to size from a standard roll, or you can buy circular parchment paper sheets made specifically for Dutch ovens from Lodge.
Dutch Oven Pizza — Ernest Journal
Metal skewers: We recommend placing metal skewers between the pot and lid to create a gap for steam to escape. Or you can roll up some foil to create spacers if you don’t have metal skewers.
Heat-resistant gloves/lid lifter: Your Dutch oven will be extremely hot, including the lid. You can use a special lid lifter to safely remove the lid, but we prefer to use heat resistant gloves because they’re more versatile.
When camping and/or cooking outdoors, begin by preparing your coals or charcoal briquettes in your campfire pit. You’ll start with about 30 coals for a 10-inch Dutch oven, or 33 for a 12-inch.
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Once the coals are hot, assemble the coal-pile base for your pot–10 coals for a 10-inch Dutch oven and 11 for a 12-inch pot. Set your Dutch oven on the coals, preheating the pot to 450F (230C).
While the Dutch oven heats, prepare your dough. Dust a large cutting board with flour, place the dough on the board and roll it into a circle an inch or two larger than your pot.
Next, sprinkle the cornmeal evenly onto your parchment paper and transfer your dough to the paper. Use a fork to prick several holes in the dough to prevent bubbles in the crust.
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Now it’s time to bake your pizza! Move the preheated Dutch oven away from the coals, remove the lid, and carefully lower the pizza into the pot– parchment paper and all. Lay your spacers–the metal skewers or foil strips–across the top and place the lid over them.
Return your Dutch oven to the bed of coals. Transfer the remaining coals or embers to the top of your pot and bake for 15-20 minutes, until the pizza crust is golden and the cheese is melted and bubbling.
To make Dutch oven pizza at home, preheat your oven to 450F. Prepare your pizza on parchment paper, transfer the pizza to your Dutch oven, place the pot in your kitchen oven, and bake it uncovered for about 15 minutes.
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If you like crispy, crunchy pizza, steam is the enemy–so the inside of the Dutch oven should stay as dry as possible. We have two tips to keep moisture at bay for the best, crispiest pizza:
1. Vent the lid: If the lid sits snugly on the pot, the moisture released from the pizza will get trapped inside, resulting in a soggy pie. To avoid this, we recommend you lift the lid with metal skewers, creating a small gap through which the steam can escape. If you’re making this in your home oven, leave the lid off.
2. Use low-moisture toppings: For the mozzarella, forgo fresh mozzarella and choose a low-moisture version instead. More pizza sauce equals more moisture, so a light hand with the sauce is best, too. And avoid watery/higher moisture toppings such as zucchini.
Dutch Oven Pizza Recipe: How To Make It
Here are the basic instructions for how to make pizza in a Dutch oven. Use whatever combination of cheese, sauce, vegetables, and proteins strike yourfancy!
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No pizza stone? Dutch Oven Pizza to the rescue! Use a Dutch Oven to make perfect pizza baked in the oven—or even to make campfire pizza!
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No pizza stone? No worries! Learn how to make pizza in a Dutch oven for perfect pizza baked in the oven, or even when camping!
I never bothered to replace them. I’m not sure why, exactly; I guess it’s one of those items that get bid to lowest priority, despite how much I relied on them once upon a time, from pizzas to rustic loaves of bread.
But I did notice the difference when the carb cravings returned and I turned to baking again. Pizza crusts were never crispy enough, my loaves didn’t have that signature thud when I would tap on them, or the satisfying snap when torn in half.
Dutch Oven Pizza Pasta
My Dutch ovens! I cook with them every week, bubbling and braising, and my little aha moment: baking no-knead bread in it!
I’m so excited to share with you, that YES, if you have a Dutch oven, you’ll find that it’s the secret to perfect homemade pizza! It’s taken me a bit of practice to figure out the best way to transfer my pizzas into and out of the cast iron pot, so for this, I just rely on parchment paper. Using this and a small paddle, I am able to sling and lower the pizza into the preheated Dutch oven, nestling it into bake. But really, I find it very simple, and even easier to help retain that perfect circle shape! If you’ve ever tried to slide a stubborn pizza with a bit of sticky dough onto a baking stone, then you’ll know what I mean.
The thick cast iron proves a perfect surface for pizza to develop a crispy crust, the walls coaxing the cheese to melt over whatever toppings you wish. This has become my favorite way to make homemade pizza at home, and I know you will love it, too.
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P.S. If you’re going camping and have a Dutch oven with a lid, try this method out over your campfire! Just prepare the pizza, preheat your Dutch oven over the campfire, and bake with the lid on (leaving a crack for steam to escape) for about 30 minutes. Doesn’t campfire pizza sound much better than franks and beans? Don’t get me wrong, I do love franks and beans, but…pizza! See notes for making campfire Dutch oven pizza in the recipe below.
Keep in mind the diameter of your Dutch oven – for this reason, the larger the Dutch oven the better, especially if you prefer thin crust pizza. I like using a 9-quart Le Creuset #30. If your Dutch oven is smaller, simply divide the dough into smaller portions to fit your pot(s)!
Calories: 1111 kcal | Carbohydrates: 151 g | Protein: 42 g | Fat: 37 g | Saturated Fat: 13 g | Cholesterol:
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