This glorious thick-crust pizza is a break from the norm. It is a rocket or arugula pesto pizza, we add a bit of bacon and goat cheese because it just works!
If you are making my pizza dough the night before cooking, bring together all of the ingredients and knead for 10 minutes. You can also do this in a stand mixer with a dough hook, just let it go until it is soft and elastic.
Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth and allow it to rise overnight.
About 35 minutes before you are ready to cook, knock back the pizza dough and divide it into two balls. Cover with a cloth and allow it to sit for 15 minutes.
Throw the rocket, olive oil, garlic, grated Parmesan cheese, black pepper and pine nuts into a blender and roughly blend to form a pesto.
Cut the bacon into 2.5cm (1") squares.
Now form the pizza dough balls into pizza bases on a floured worktop. This is a thick-crust pizza, so you want something around 1cm (½") thick. Then cover and allow to sit for another 15 minutes.
Top the two pizzas with the rocket, then slice the goat's cheese and add it, and finally, the bacon.
To Cook on a BBQ:
Fire up your BBQ and put in a pizza steel or pizza stone. Open your vents and get the heat up to 300°-350°C or 575-650°F.
Add the pizza, close the lid and cook until it is puffed up and the bacon is crisped. This should take around 5-6 minutes.
To Cook in an Oven:
Heat your oven as hot as you can get it with a pizza steel or pizza stone. At a push, you can use an upturned heavy-based pan. This is typically around 250°C or 480°F.
Add the pizza and cook until it is puffed up and the bacon is crisped. This should take around 12-15 minutes.
Notes
Feel free to use any pizza dough recipe that you like, mine is an over night dough for flavour.