Dad's Day Special: Grilled Pizza!

"Barbeque Queen" Elizabeth Karmel Offers "Shoestring" Recipes

(CBS)  Here's the dilemma: You feel like pizza for dinner, but nothing beats a good summer barbeque.

Well, grilling expert Elizabeth Karmel has the solution, and it's certainly unique! How about - grilled pizza?!

The executive chef at New York's "Hill Country Barbecue" has a new cookbook out called "Pizza on the Grill" (Taunton). It has step-by-step directions for grilling up the perfect pie.

And on The Early Show Saturday, Karmel accepted our "Chef on a Shoestring" challenge of preparing a special Father's Day treat - a three-course meal for four on a budget of only $40.

Menu:

Grilled Watermelon Salad

All-American Pepperoni Pizza

Blistered Corn, Asparagus & Pesto Pizza

Ice Cream with Homemade Chocolate Ganache

TAKE-HOME TIPS

Roll out the dough to make it as thin as possible so it will cook through completely and become crispy. Keep in mind that it will rise as it cooks.

Start grilling your pizza over direct heat, then flip it over (top it) and finish cooking on indirect heat.

Have all your pizza toppings prepped and ready to go before you begin grilling. The process goes quickly, and you don't want to overcook the crust because your toppings aren't ready.

FOOD FACTS

POLENTA: An Italian version of cornmeal, similar to grits.

PEPPERONI: Pepperoni is a spicy Italian-American variety of dry salami, usually made from pork and beef and sometimes goat, turkey, or even fish. Highly-seasoned with black and red pepper, it is a descendant of the spicy salamis of southern Italy. Though it comes in different sizes, pizza pepperoni is about twice the diameter of regular pepperoni and isn't as dry.

ASPARAGUS: When looking for asparagus at the grocery store, look for firm asparagus stalks with firm deep green or purplish tips. Also, check the bottom of the spears. If they're dried up, chances are they've been sitting around too long. Trim off the tough bottom of the spear by grasping each end and bending it gently until it snaps at its natural point of tenderness, usually two-thirds of the way down the spear. If the spear is less than six inches long, chances are it's already been trimmed for you.

BRIE CHEESE: If necessary, Camembert may be substituted for Brie in equal measures. But, be aware that the Camembert will be stronger in aroma and flavor than the Brie.

For Karmel's recipes, go to Page 2.

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by sjw1253 June 15, 2008 1:41 PM EDT

I find it interesting how people are taking a topic as simple as a "special meal" on a budget and take it to the politics. I wonder if those people are a bit OCDish about their politics.

This is not a meal for every day. Not everyone in America is overweight and there are clearly many people who need help with healthy nutritional needs.

I am much too underweight due to a rare disease. I need help in nourishing myself. I appreciate these recipes & cooking segments & shows very much.

The health benefits of olive oil are well proven and one dose not need to spend $40 to get the benefits from olive oil. The same for Balsalmic Vinegar.

I love the stuff and pay maybe ?$3/bottle at my local grocery store... The cheap stuff is great and I am sure it has its value in nutrition as well.

I just say - Lighten UP!!! - to those of you who are so synical and "sarcastic" about this segment. I love it and am glad to have the benefits of a "lighter side" of information.

Believe me runningralph - there are plenty of your type of stories plastered all over the news... Please realize that the programs are not focused strictly on you...

There are millions of people out here other than you with their wants & needs that matter just as much...

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by runningralph June 15, 2008 11:54 AM EDT

Americans are too preoccupied with food. TV cooking shows, newspaper recipes, millions of cookbooks. Obesity is a national epidemic. The public would do better to devote that much attention on lowering the illegitimate birth rate, crime rate, drug addiction, fuel consumption, illegal immigration, Islamic jihad, etc. Food consumption should be looked as temptation to be controlled, not as a goal to seek.

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by cyberus-2009 June 15, 2008 2:55 AM EDT

(WARNING MASSIVE SARCASM ALERT)

$40 too much? No Way!!!

Heck I spend $8 a every morning on my oompa-soy-loompa-half-doompa-da-dee-uber-grande-latte and $20 at lunch for my wild caught salmon and organic baby green salad with 50yr old balsamic vinegar and hand pressed extra virgin olive oil dressing. $40 is NOTHING!

(Alert! You aresafe now .. the sarcasm storm has ended)

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by denn034 June 14, 2008 8:06 PM EDT

Most people budget say $500 for food which, works out to $16 a day. $40 a day would break average people. No one has extra money to splurge like that anymore, people. Liberals think that people have all this excess cash that can be taxed more which, is about as disconnected from reality as it gets. If anything, people need more money just to pay their current bills. It''s beyond amoral that the Democrats would even consider raising taxes or fees nationally, statewide, or locally. Period.

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by denn034 June 14, 2008 8:01 PM EDT

The words "a three-course meal for four on a budget of only $40" shows how disconnected the Media is from regular society. $40*30=$1200. Now, who here has a $1200 Grocery bill even with these high prices? Who here could even afford a $1200 Grocery bill? Come on now, CBS!

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by prairiefox1 June 14, 2008 7:20 PM EDT

Trim off the tough bottom of the spear by grasping each end and bending it gently until it snaps at its natural point of tenderness, usually two-thirds of the way down the spear. If the spear is less than six inches long, chances are it''s already been trimmed for you.
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SUCH A WASTE ! PEEL THE STALKS AND COOK THEM! THEY WILL BE TENDER AND YOU WILL GET MORE THAN THEY STATE!
I DO THIS ALL THE TIME! NEXT THEY WILL SAY THROW AWAY THE HEADS! REDICULAS!!!!

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by prairiefox1 June 14, 2008 7:15 PM EDT

I LOVE BARBECUED BEANS, BUT MOST OF THEM KEEP FALLING THROUGH THE GRILL!

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by husein_pasha June 14, 2008 5:02 PM EDT

Because the grill will hurt more heavily when the bomb explodes, won`t it?

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by husein_pasha June 14, 2008 3:05 PM EDT

Drink your pills and don`t give opinion when you are not asked

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by husein_pasha June 14, 2008 12:46 PM EDT

Every day is dad`s day

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[sjw1253]

I find it interesting how people are taking a topic as simple as a "special meal" on a budget and take it to the politics. I wonder if those people are a bit OCDish about their politics.

This is not a meal for every day. Not everyone in America is overweight and there are clearly many people who need help with healthy nutritional needs.

I am much too underweight due to a rare disease. I need help in nourishing myself. I appreciate these recipes & cooking segments & shows very much.

The health benefits of olive oil are well proven and one dose not need to spend $40 to get the benefits from olive oil. The same for Balsalmic Vinegar.

I love the stuff and pay maybe ?$3/bottle at my local grocery store... The cheap stuff is great and I am sure it has its value in nutrition as well.

I just say - Lighten UP!!! - to those of you who are so synical and "sarcastic" about this segment. I love it and am glad to have the benefits of a "lighter side" of information.

Believe me runningralph - there are plenty of your type of stories plastered all over the news... Please realize that the programs are not focused strictly on you...

There are millions of people out here other than you with their wants & needs that matter just as much...

[runningralph]

Americans are too preoccupied with food. TV cooking shows, newspaper recipes, millions of cookbooks. Obesity is a national epidemic. The public would do better to devote that much attention on lowering the illegitimate birth rate, crime rate, drug addiction, fuel consumption, illegal immigration, Islamic jihad, etc. Food consumption should be looked as temptation to be controlled, not as a goal to seek.

[cyberus-2009]

(WARNING MASSIVE SARCASM ALERT)

$40 too much? No Way!!!

Heck I spend $8 a every morning on my oompa-soy-loompa-half-doompa-da-dee-uber-grande-latte and $20 at lunch for my wild caught salmon and organic baby green salad with 50yr old balsamic vinegar and hand pressed extra virgin olive oil dressing. $40 is NOTHING!

(Alert! You aresafe now .. the sarcasm storm has ended)

[denn034]

Most people budget say $500 for food which, works out to $16 a day. $40 a day would break average people. No one has extra money to splurge like that anymore, people. Liberals think that people have all this excess cash that can be taxed more which, is about as disconnected from reality as it gets. If anything, people need more money just to pay their current bills. It''s beyond amoral that the Democrats would even consider raising taxes or fees nationally, statewide, or locally. Period.

[denn034]

The words "a three-course meal for four on a budget of only $40" shows how disconnected the Media is from regular society. $40*30=$1200. Now, who here has a $1200 Grocery bill even with these high prices? Who here could even afford a $1200 Grocery bill? Come on now, CBS!

[prairiefox1]

Trim off the tough bottom of the spear by grasping each end and bending it gently until it snaps at its natural point of tenderness, usually two-thirds of the way down the spear. If the spear is less than six inches long, chances are it''s already been trimmed for you.
###################
SUCH A WASTE ! PEEL THE STALKS AND COOK THEM! THEY WILL BE TENDER AND YOU WILL GET MORE THAN THEY STATE!
I DO THIS ALL THE TIME! NEXT THEY WILL SAY THROW AWAY THE HEADS! REDICULAS!!!!

[prairiefox1]

I LOVE BARBECUED BEANS, BUT MOST OF THEM KEEP FALLING THROUGH THE GRILL!

[husein_pasha]

Because the grill will hurt more heavily when the bomb explodes, won`t it?

[husein_pasha]

Drink your pills and don`t give opinion when you are not asked

[husein_pasha]

Every day is dad`s day