Apple-wood smoked pork, bacon, red onion, and alfredo pizza

Last weekend, I decided to have my friend Anjo over... It was a pretty nice day, and any time the weather is remotely nice, I want to fire up the grill.  The only downside, was, I had no extra money to buy food!  So, I started rummaging through the fridge, freezer, and my cabinets.  I had some boneless pork ribs in the freezer, 1/2 a red onion, some garlic (in a jar :( unfortunately), half a jar of store bought Alfredo sauce, and some BBQ rub. 

So I thought to myself, what can I make... could I do barbeque Alfredo?  I always have some kind of pasta noodles lying around... but I wasn't in the mood for pasta.  Then it hit me, why not combine two things I love, BBQ and PIZZA.  I began to hatch a plan to make a BBQ pork Alfredo pizza.  I thawed out the pork and some thick cut bacon I had in the freezer as well.  Rubbed it all down with my all purpose BBQ rub, diced up the red onion, and mixed it with some jar minced garlic, butter, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper and foil wrapped those goodies.  Then we chimney started the fire (because there is no other way to start a charcoal fire), added some apple-wood to the charcoal, and then put the pork, bacon, and foil-wrapped onions on the grill to smoke for about an hour... The smell coming off of that grill was killing me!

In the meantime, I whipped up a basic pizza dough recipe, and we got that all spread out on a pan and ready to be topped.  At some point, I flipped the bacon over, rotated the pork, moved the onions around, and added a little more apple-wood.  When the pork was about ready, I pulled the bacon and onions off, added some 3-Vinegar BBQ sauce (my own creation) to the bacon grease that was still in the foil from the bacon... and we basted the pork with this creation sent from heaven... I mean, bacon grease and BBQ sauce mixed together, shut the front door!!!

After we had basted the pork, we pulled it off the grill and let it sit for a minute while we started adding the other ingredients to the pizza.  But first things first, we melted some butter and added grated Parmesan, minced garlic, BBQ rub, and some crushed red peppers, and then we spread this flavor creation over the whole crust.

 

then, we added the Alfredo (which we mixed in some red onion, red pepper, bacon relish... for an added ump-ff) and then drizzled 3-vinegar BBQ sauce over that.  At this point, the apartment is smelling like some amazing creation... MOUTH IS WATERING.

next step, we added the onions, then bacon, then pork... topped it with mozzarella, cheddar, and an Italian cheese blend.  Baked it for about 15 minutes or so and then gorged ourselves on BBQ pork Alfredo goodness.

Below is my basic pizza dough recipe... I believe the trick to good home-made dough, is good yeast, and letting it rise for the appropriate time.

Ingredients:
1 cup warm water
1 pkg active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
2 cups All Purpose flour
1/2 cup flour for kneading

Directions:
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water.
2. Let sit for 5 to 10 minutes, until it's getting foamy.
3. Add sugar and let sit for about a minute.
4. Add salt, stir.
5. Stir in 2 cups of flour, 1/2 a cup at a time.
6. Knead for a few minutes until it starts to feel a little firm.
7. Let rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes, or until doubled in size.
8. Punch dough down, turn out onto floured surface, and knead until firm, smooth and elastic.
9. Sprinkle a little flour over top, cover with a towel, and let rest for about 5 minutes.
10. Roll or stretch dough to fit your pizza pan.
11. Pre-heat your oven to 450 degrees, bake crust for about 5 minutes.
12. Turn oven down to 375 degrees, top your pizza, and bake for about 15 minutes (cooking time varies, depending on how crispy you want the pizza).