Seasons and Suppers· by Jennifer Maloney★ 5.0 (31)

Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza

Name: Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 8, 8 servings
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 3/4 cup lukewarm water (about 95F); 1 Tablespoon instant or active dry yeast; 1/4 cup cornmeal (*see Note 1 below); 1 1/2 - 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 Tablespoons olive oil; 1 Tablespoon honey (or white sugar); 28 oz canned whole tomatoes; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 1/4 cup onion (finely diced); Pinch red pepper flakes (optional); 1-2 cloves garlic (minced); 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves; 1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves (or 3-4 fresh basil leaves); 1/4 teaspoon fine salt; pinch sugar; pinch freshly ground black pepper; 10 oz mozzarella cheese (cut from a block of mozzarella in 1/2-inch thick slices); 4 8-inch hot or mild Italian sausage links (casing removed, crumbled and cooked, or about 1 lb. loose sausage meat); 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (for topping )

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 8 · 2h total

Servings

Calories

25% of a 2,000 cal day

504KCAL

Protein

25g50% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat29g

37%

Saturated11g

55%

Unsaturated18g

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Total Carbs36g

13%

Fiber2g

Total Sugars7g

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incl. Added Sugars2g

Starch27g

—

Sodium981mg

43%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A deep-dish pizza with thick crust, sausage, melted mozzarella, and pizza sauce. Hearty and meaty with layers of cheese and a substantial doughy crust characteristic of Chicago-style pizza.

Ingredients

8 SERVINGS

For the deep dish pizza dough:

¾ cuplukewarm water
1 tbspinstant yeast — or active dry yeast
¼ cupcornmeal
1½–2 cupsall-purpose flour
2 tbspolive oil
1 tbsphoney — or white sugar

For the pizza sauce: (or substitute 2 cups of store-bought pizza sauce)

28 ozcanned whole tomatoes
2 tspolive oil
¼ cuponion — finely diced
red pepper flakes — optional
1–2garlic — minced
1 tspdried oregano leaves
½ tspdried basil leaves — or fresh basil leaves
¼ tspfine salt
sugar
freshly ground black pepper

For the deep dish pizza:

10 ozmozzarella cheese — cut from a block
4hot Italian sausage links — casing removed, crumbled, cooked, 1 lb, or mild Italian sausage links or loose sausage meat
½ cupParmesan cheese — freshly grated

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Method

2h total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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