Campfire Cooking with Dad: Campfire Pizza Recipe
Add a pizza party to your weekend with campfire pizza.
With supervision, even children can become a part of meal preparations during Dads & Kids Camping Weekend. Many meals can be easily cooked on or over the campfire with campfire foil recipes or a simple cooking grate.
Camp food is often limited to such things as hot dogs and s’mores, but by using a Dutch Oven, Campfire Pizza can be added to the menu. Heck, you could even cook pizza with a cooking grate, but I’m going to recommend a Dutch Oven for the best results.
The Dutch Oven is an old standby for both kitchens and campfires and dates back to the 1700′s in Holland. The most popular type looks like a little witches cauldron, is heavy-duty and made of cast iron. If you add one of these to your camp cooking utensils, you’ll find that it’s one of your better camping investments because it allows you to prepare most anything over a campfire that you would be able to cook in the comfort of your own kitchen oven.
When buying your Dutch Oven, particularly for camping, try to get one that is cast iron and has a strong wire handle which will stand up. This allows for easier removal of the pot from the campfire. The Dutch Oven also needs three short legs, which will allow the air to circulate through the coals of the fire.
Campfire Pizza Recipe
2 Pkg. Crescent Rolls
1 Jar Pizza Sauce
8 oz. Shredded Cheddar Cheese
8 oz. Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1-1/2 lb. Ground Beef.
Brown ground beef, drain. Set aside. Line the Dutch Oven with 1 pkg. of Crescent Rolls. Spread the Pizza Sauce on dough. Add browned Ground Beef, sprinkle cheeses evenly, use remaining pkg of rolls to make a top crust. Bake in Dutch Oven for 30 min. on a medium heat coals.
This is a great group activity, because just like an at-home pizza party, it’s easy to accommodate tons of people. Even if you nix beef on the pizza, you can still get everyone to bring bags of cheese and sauce. Crescent roll packages are easy to find as well, so even with these three ingredients, you have Campfire Pizzas that are easy to prepare and cook for a large group.
Just remind everyone to bring their Dutch Ovens too!
If you want to learn more about how to keep kids entertained and start your own Dads & Kids Camping Weekend, check out my 45-page Dads & Kids Camping Handbook.