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Deep Dish Pizza Dough

Unknown · allrecipes.com · 2020 · Original

Chicago Deep-Dish (aspirational)

Chicago Deep-Dish (Chicago): buttery cornmeal crust in deep pan, cheese UNDER sauce (Uno/Malnati), ~2" deep, 35-45 min bake

Style norms: 50–60% hydration · 425–500°F bake (this recipe: 450°F)

Baker's percentages

Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%) — the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.

Flour

440g

Water

158g

Hydration

Salt

2.7%

Yeast

Oil

31.0%

Sauce

Cheese

Dough weight

954g

Process

Bake temp

450°F / 232°C

Bake time

8-12 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

cast iron pan

Ingredients (8)

  • yeast1 package active dry yeast141.8g
  • sugarwhite sugar0.33333334326744 cup · 66.7g
  • waterwater0.66666668653488 cup · 158g
  • flourall-purpose flour2 cup · 250g
  • flourbread flour1 cup · 127g
  • oilcorn oil0.25 cup · 54.5g
  • saltsalt2 tsp · 12g
  • oilvegetable oil6 tbsp · 81.6g