Deep Dish Pizza
A delicious, Chicago-style deep dish pizza made right at home.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb Italian sausage
- 10 slices mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Dough
- 1 1/4 cup warm water
- 2 1/4 tspn active dry yeast
- 2 tspn sugar
- 3 1/4 cups flour
- 3/4 cup cornmeal
- 2 tspn salt
- 2 tbsp butter melted
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Sauce
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 onion diced
- 1 tspn salt
- 1 tspn crushed red pepper
- 1 tspn dried oregano
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 tspn sugar
- 30 oz crushed tomatoes with basil
Instructions
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Pizza sauce: melt butter in a saucepan. Add the onion, salt, red pepper flakes, and oregano. Sauté until onions are tender and slightly browned.
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Add garlic, sugar, and crushed tomatoes. Simmer for about 20 minutes until the sauce thickens.
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Dough: combine active dry yeast, sugar, and warm water. Let sit for about one minute.
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In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, and salt.
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Add yeast mixture and butter and stir until dough forms.
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Place dough on floured surface and knead into a ball.
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Place dough in a large bowl and drizzle with olive oil. Let rest for 1 hour.
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Remove dough onto floured surface.
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Cut dough in half and begin working dough. The dough should be at least 2-inches wider than the pan.
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Save the other half of the dough in a ziplock bag and store in freezer for up to one month.
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Preheat oven to 425°F.
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Using your hands and knuckes, press the dough into sides of your pizza pan as even as possible.
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Lay slices of mozzarella across the dough to cover the entire bottom.
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Add the italian sausage on top of the mozzarella and then top with tomato sauce.
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Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until crust starts to turn golden brown.
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Garnish with Parmesan.