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Camp Pizza with Caramelized Onions, Sausage, and Fontina





Total Time
45 mins

Just the thing you crave after a long hike, this pizza was inspired by the one that Alan Rousseau, a guide with Seattle-based Mountain Madness mountaineering company, makes for his exhausted trekkers (his go-to version is pepperoni, green pepper, and onion). Bring the olive oil in its bottle, and pack the other ingredients in sealed containers, grouped according to their use. You’ll need a large frying pan and large cutting board for this recipe.

 

This recipe, and others like it, can be found in the article “These Are Hands Down the Easiest (and Tastiest) Camping Meals.”

Camp Pizza with Caramelized Onions, Sausage, and Fontina




Thomas J. Story
  About 3 tbsp. olive oil
 1 baked 10- to 11-in. pizza crust, such as Boboli
 2 onions, halved lengthwise, then thinly sliced
 8 ounces bulk Italian sausage
 1/4 teaspoon salt
 1/4 teaspoon pepper
 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves or 2 tsp. dried
  About 1/2 cup store-bought or homemade pizza sauce
 1 1/2 cups (6 oz.) coarsely shredded fontina cheese
 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
 1 tablespoon fresh oregano leaves
Step 1
1

Heat a charcoal grill to medium (about 350°) or set up a camp stove and use medium heat. Warm a large heavy frying pan until hot, then oil bottom and sides. Toast pizza crust (cheesy side down, if there is one), pressing down on edges, until crunchy and golden on bottom, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board.

Step 2
2

Stoke fire with 12 to 15 more briquets if using charcoal. Add 2 tbsp. oil to pan, then onions, sausage, salt, pepper, and thyme. Cook, stirring often, until onions are soft and medium golden brown, 8 to 12 minutes. Remove pan from heat. Scoop onion mixture into a bowl and wipe out pan.

Step 3
3

Brush pan with remaining oil. Fit pizza crust into pan with toasted side up. Spoon on pizza sauce and two-thirds of onion mixture, followed by cheeses, remaining onion mixture, and oregano. Return pan to heat. Cook, covered with lid or foil, until cheese begins to melt (check underside to be sure it doesn't burn), 3 to 5 minutes.

Step 4
4

Transfer pizza to board. Tent with foil to melt cheese completely, then slice.

Nutrition Facts

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Amount per serving
Calories482
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 26g34%

Saturated Fat 9.2g46%
Cholesterol 62mg21%
Sodium 1023mg45%
Total Carbohydrate 40g15%

Dietary Fiber 2.7g10%
Protein 21g

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.