Chicken and Basil Pizza
This tasty appetizer will keep your guests satisfied until that main dish is done grilling!
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Ingredients
1 quantity pizza dough
8 plum (egg or Italian) tomatoes, thickly sliced
2 boneless chicken breast fillets, cut into thick slices
2 tablespoons olive oil freshly ground black pepper
75 g/21/2 oz marinated olives, pitted
1/2 bunch fresh basil, shredded
25 g/4 oz grated Parmesan cheeseDirections
- Preheat barbecue to a high heat. Lightly brush tomato and chicken slices with oil and season with black pepper to taste. Place on barbecue and cook for 2 minutes each side or until chicken is brown and cooked through.
- Divide pizza dough into 8 portions and roll into rounds about 1 cm/1/2 in thick. Lightly brush dough with oil, place on barbecue grill and cook for 3-4 minutes or until golden and crisp on one side.
- Flip pizza bases. Top cooked side with tomatoes and chicken, then scatter with olives and basil and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cook for 3-5 minutes longer or until base is golden and crisp and topping warm. Serve immediately.
Servings: 8
Prep & Cooking Time: 25-30 mins
Apple Cranberry Pork Chops
Abundance of sweet fall apples? To the grill!
Ingredients
6 pork chops
3/4 cup (175 mL) honey
1/4 cup (50 mL) soy sauce
1 clove garlic, chopped
pinch black pepper
2 cups (500 mL) cranberries
4 apples, cored, halved
1 orange peel, washed thoroughly
2 tbsp (30 mL) brown sugar
2 tbsp (30 mL) honey
1/4 (50 mL) cup sugarDirections
- Set pork chops in a shallow, covered dish. Mix 3/4 cup of honey with 1/4 soy sauce, garlic and black pepper and pour over pork chops. Close and allow to marinate in refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Pre-heat gas grill to medium-high heat. Core and halve apples.
- In a blender or food processor, mix cranberries, orange peel and honey until lumpy.
- Roast apples on grill for 2 minutes per side. Cut into cubes and mix with cranberry sauce in a pan. Cook on a side-burner or range at low heat, gradually stirring in sugar. Let simmer 15 minutes.
- Grill pork chops on medium-high heat, basting with the lighter portion of apple cranberry sauce, about 5 minutes per side.
- Serve pork chops over apple-cranberry sauce with rice pilaf or other grain side.
Servings: 6
Prep Time: 2 hours
Cook Time: 15 mins
Grilled Pineapple Topped with Ice Cream & Rum
Cool off this summer with an ice cream treat!
Ingredients
1/2 cup (100 g) sugar
1/4 teaspoon (0.6 g) ground cinnamon
4 thick slices fresh pineapple
2 tablespoons (28 g) butter, melted
1 pint (288 g) vanilla or rum raisin ice cream
3–4 tablespoons (45–60 ml) rum (gold, dark, or spiced)Directions
- Preheat grill to medium.
- In flat dish, stir together sugar and cinnamon. Brush pineapple with melted butter and then dip into sugar mixture, coating both sides. Shake off excess.
- Place on grate over heat and cook until brown and sizzling, 5 to 8 minutes per side.
- Serve at once, topped with ice cream and drizzled with 2 to 3 teaspoons (10 to 15 ml) of rum per serving.
Servings: 4
Prep & Cooking Time: 15-20 mins




