Chicago Deep Dish Pizza Recipe
Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza is a thick crust pizza layered with mozzarella cheese, sautéed vegetables and tangy marinara sauce. The crust is buttery, crisp at the edges and soft and chewy inside. This vegetarian deep dish pizza is baked in a deep pan which gives it its signature hearty texture and rich cheesy layers. It is filling, flavorful and perfect for homemade pizza nights.
Servings: 3
Ingredients
For Pizza Dough
- 3 cups all-purpose flour 375 grams
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- ½ cup semolina flour or cornmeal 85 grams
- 1.5 teaspoons instant yeast 6 grams
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
- 1.5 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil for greasing pan
Toppings
- 3 cups diced Mozzarella cheese or 300 grams
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium to large onion sliced
- 1 medium to large green bell pepper sliced
- 1.5 to 2 cups chopped mushrooms sliced or chopped
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- salt as required
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon dried herbs or pizza seasoning
- 1 to 1.25 cups Marinara sauce or Pizza sauce
Instructions
- Mix yeast and sugar with water. Combine with flour, semolina flour or cornmeal, olive oil, melted butter and salt. Knead to a soft and elastic dough.
- Keep the dough covered and let it rise until doubled in volume.
- Prepare the baking pan with parchment paper and olive oil.
- Divide the dough into portions, roll one portion and place in the prepared pan. Stretch slightly up the sides.
- Let the shaped dough rise again until puffy.
- Sauté onions, bell peppers and mushrooms in olive oil until lightly softened and moisture reduces. Season with salt, black pepper and dried herbs.
- Preheat oven until hot.
- Brush olive oil on the dough. Add mozzarella cheese first, then the sautéed vegetables and finally spread marinara sauce on top.
- Bake until the crust turns golden and crisp.
- Top with parmesan or extra mozzarella cheese and bake briefly again until melted.
- Rest for a few minutes before slicing and serving hot.
Notes
Use thick pizza sauce or marinara sauce.
Sauté vegetables before using as toppings.
For a crisp crust bake the pizza near the bottom heating element during the last few minutes.
Cast iron skillets, springform pans or cake pans all work well.
Let the pizza rest briefly before slicing.
Sauté vegetables before using as toppings.
For a crisp crust bake the pizza near the bottom heating element during the last few minutes.
Cast iron skillets, springform pans or cake pans all work well.
Let the pizza rest briefly before slicing.
