Simple smoked pizza dip recipe

This cast iron smoked pepperoni pizza dip recipe is very simple to make. Start by adding mozzarella cheese, cream cheese, pizza dough balls and place in your cast iron skillet. Then add pepperoni and smoke it in your cast iron skillet. While you melt the cream cheese. This makes a beautiful pizza dip.

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Where did this Pizza Dip Recipe Come From?

During the rise of game-day and Sunday football parties, pizza dip has emerged as the hugely popular choice since it combines two iconic finger foods. People were fascinated by the ease of pizza dip recipe and it didn’t hurt that it was a huge hit during appetizers. Thus the idea behind pizza dip is for it to be easy to make and shareable. Those two things are key when making appetizers. Being that this is incredibly easy to make, this is how pizza dip was created.

I decided to make pizza dip for two main reasons. Spoiler alert, they are nothing out of the ordinary for my wife and I.

1. 1. We love pizza
2. 2. We love dips

As I’ve said before, I am not a professional chef, I just like to cook. So when we wanted pizza for game-day but did not want to go out to pick it up. I looked in the fridge and decide to give this smoked pizza dip recipe a chance.

Let me tell you, it did not disappoint.

What Is A Pizza Dip Recipe?

The simple answer is – a lot of pizza dough and marinara sauce. Simple. The long answer – this is a very popular appetizer recipe that has been around for a long time. Specifically used on Sunday game days while your favorite team is losing :). This typically consists of a mixture of cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, parmesan and layered with your favorite pizza toppings.

It is typically oven baked but we are showing you a better way to make this. We are going to smoke this pizza dip recipe and add that extra bite of flavor.

The best thing about a pizza dip recipe is that it not only feeds 8-10 people using a 10 inch cast iron skillet but it’s also incredibly simple to make. This combines the best of creamy pizza flavor all in one bite. Although, you might be asking is something like this worth it? You bet it is.

Cast Iron Smoked Pizza Dip Recipe Ingredients

• 16 oz pizza dough ball
• Handful of shredded cheese
• 2 cups pizza sauce
• 8 oz room temperature cream cheese
• 1.5 tablespoons Italian seasoning
• 1.25 cups of grated mozzarella
• 1 cup pepperoni slices
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup butter
• Sriracha to taste
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan
• For the wood pellets – I used Bear Mountain BBQ Gourmet blend

How to make a Pizza Dip

Making pizza dip is extremely simple. Firstly, start by setting your smoker to 300 degrees. Then you want to roll out your dough balls and place around your cast iron skillet. Next, add marinara sauce to the center of the skillet. Now, you will add your cream cheese and seasoning and add the entire skillet to the smoker for 45 minutes. Once that is finished, turn the smoker up to 400 degrees, add your mozzarella cheese, pepperoni slices, egg wash and add back to the smoker for 10 minutes.

Boss move – you can add a bit of hot sauce into your marinara sauce for that extra kick.

Pizza Dip Step by Step

Start by preheating your smoker to 300 degrees

Next, grab your pizza dough

Shredded cheese that I used – feel free to use your favorite

After rolling the dough into balls, here is what they will look like

Boss move – stuff the dough balls with cheese. Everyone likes cheesy balls

Next, add your pizza sauce to the center of your cast iron. Simple!

Now, take your room temperature cheese cream and place it in the center on top of the pizza sauce

From there, we are going to add a bit of seasoning

I am far from being a vegan however this potato slayer veggie blend from Fire and Smoke is delicious.

After seasoning – add to your 300 degree smoker for 30 – 45 minutes

Once the cream cheese has completely melted, start mixing it into the sauce. You can think of this as the binder to stick to your dough balls

After that and while the pizza dip is cooling off for 5 minutes – start by mixing your butter

Egg Butter Wash

• Melted butter
• Sriracha
• One egg / egg wash

After that, we are going to brush the melted butter mix onto the top of the dough.

Now, this would be a great idea to add everything bagel seasoning onto the dough as well. We are also going to be adding pepperoni at this time.

Crank your smoker up to 400 degrees and add shredded mozzarella cheese on top of your pizza dip

Once your smoker hits 400 degrees, it’s time to add your cast iron pizza dip back in. Let it smoke for an additional 10 minutes.

You can opt to smoke it for longer if you like it more well-done. In this case, I wanted the dough to be airy and fluffy.

Therefore, 10 minutes was the perfect amount of time.

Finally, add crackers, chips, pretzel sticks or your favorite food and dip away!

If you want to learn more about the history of pizza, you can do so here.

Recap of This Simple Smoked Pizza Dip Recipe

Now that we have made it to the end. Let’s do a quick recap. At this point, hopefully you are eating a clone of this pizza dip recipe. This is the perfect finger food for any game day or weekend snack. It’s cheesy, warm, gooey and thick nature make this super delicious. However, the best part is that this is incredibly simple to make. If you have a skillet and a smoker, anyone can make this.

Now, if I were to do this again, I would add everything bagel seasoning to the dough balls after putting the egg wash on. I also would add a bit more heat to the marinara sauce. This can be done with any of your favorite hot sauces or but simply buying spicy marinara sauce.

To be clear, this is a VERY heavy cheese dish so if you are not a fan of a lot of cheese, it’s best to add your own twist. I would start by not stuffing the dough balls with cheese.

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