Campfire Cooking

Ranger Vick’s Old Fashioned Pyre Fired Pepperoni Piled Personal Pan Pizza-Palooza!

Makes 6 personal pan pizzas

• 1 pack of 12-inch flour tortillas

• 1 BIG bag of shredded mozzarella

• 2 jars pizza sauce

• 2 packs pepperoni

• Dried oregano (to taste)

• 2 (yes 2) 12-inch cast iron skillets

• 2 oven mitts

Directions

1. At your campsite, place a 12-inch skillet over a hot campfire or charcoal to begin heating.

2. While heating, take the second skillet and place it on top of the one already on the heat, face down. You want the two pans touching rim to rim, like a clam. By doing this you will effectively create a very hot oven chamber inside of the pans for baking the pizzas.

3. While the “oven” is heating, find a nearby tree and make three observations about it. What do the leaves look like? Is the bark thick? How old is the tree?...

4. Thoughtful tree observations will allow time for the pan oven to be nice and hot and YEEHAW, it’s time to go to work.

5. Very carefully, wearing your oven mitts, take the hot pan “lid” off the top of the skillet on the coals.

6. Take a tortilla and place it inside the hot pan over the coals. Push the tortilla down into the pan. The sides of the tortilla will ride up the sides of the pan. This is good.

7. Once the tortilla has been pushed down into the bottom of the hot pan, sprinkle it with a liberal amount of the shredded mozzarella.

8. Place a second tortilla on top of this cheese covered tortilla, like a quesadilla.

9. On top of this cheesy, uncooked quesadilla, you will add the pizza sauce. Use a camp spoon to smooth out the sauce and cover the tortilla pizza evenly. Stay about an inch from the edges; even coverage, but not too thick.

10. Once you are properly sauced, apply a nice fresh coat of the shredded mozzarella. Don’t do a huge amount of cheese on top though because the pizza won’t cook evenly. (Pro-tip: Add more cheese to the layer in between the tortillas for more cheesy goodness if desired).

11. Now, PILE ON THE PEPPERONI!.

12. Safely return the cast iron “lid” to your pizza oven..

13. Pizza will take about 7 to 11 minutes and 22 seconds to fully cook. Once cooked, add a dash of oregano prior to serving to bring out the flavor. (Pro-tip: Dare you to crushed red pepper it up)!

14. Slice and serve hot and fresh.

As the coals and pan continue to heat up, the cooking process will go faster, meaning you can churn the pizza out to satisfy the appetites of all the campers at your site.