Upside-Down Deep Dish Pizza, Garlic Knots + Beer Cheese

S5 E03 | Track and Field and Football with RG3 + Grete Griffin | Something's Burning

NFL Rookie of the Year (2012) Robert Griffin III and his just-as-impressively-athletic wife, Grete, stop by the New Orleans kitchen to chat about heptathlons, plaits vs braids, and being overprepared. Plus, I’m experimenting with upside-down cooking… and it goes as well as can be expected.

Upside-Down Deep Dish Pizza

Ingredients:

  • 1 pizza dough
  • Red onion
  • EVOO
  • Spicy sausage
  • Pepperoni
  • Garlic
  • Marinara sauce
  • Garlic butter
  • Mushrooms
  • Green pepper
  • Sliced mozzarella cheese

Steps:

  1. Heat oven to 400°.
  2. Cook sausage and onion in deep pan.
  3. Add desired toppings to pan.
  4. Pour sauce over toppings, then lay sliced cheese to cover.
  5. Top with crust; drizzle olive oil and garlic butter over.
  6. Cook for 35 min, until the dough is golden brown. Take out of oven, allow to rest and set — then flip and serve.

Garlic Knots

Ingredients:

  • 1⅓ cups warm water
  • 2¼ tsp Platinum instant yeast
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 3½ cups flour
  • 5 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • Marinara sauce

Steps:

  1. Whisk warm water, yeast and sugar; let sit and rest while covered for 5 min.
  2. Add olive oil, salt, garlic powder, and half of the flour. Mix; add remaining flour, then mix again.
  3. Knead the dough on a floured surface. Grease a large bowl with oil and place dough into bowl, turning it to cover all sides of the dough in the oil. Cover bowl and let sit for 1 hour to let rise. When dough is ready, punch it down to release the air.
  4. Preheat oven to 400°.
  5. Shape dough into knots and arrange on cooking sheets. Let sit an additional 30 minutes before baking.
  6. Melt butter then add garlic, Italian seasoning, and salt. Brush top of the knots with seasoned butter; bake for 20 min.
  7. Remove; brush with the remaining butter mix + sprinkle with parmesan cheese and parsley.

Beer Cheese

Ingredients:

  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 6 tbsp flour
  • 1½ cups half and half
  • 1⅓ cup Guinness
  • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • Good squeeze of Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 5 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Steps:

  1. Melt butter in pan, then add in flour mixing well.
  2. Slowly whisk in milk, whisk until it thickens slightly.
  3. Whisk in remaining ingredients.
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