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Quick and Easy Deep Dish Pizza With Pita Crust
manderson · food.com · 2016 · Original
Chicago Deep-Dish (asserted)
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
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Water
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Hydration
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Salt
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Yeast
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Oil
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Sauce
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Cheese
226g
Dough weight
5g
Process
Bake temp
450°F / 232°C
Bake time
8-10 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
cast iron pan
Ingredients (2)
- oilolive oil1 tsp · 4.5g
- cheese mozzarellashredded mozzarella cheese2 cup · 226g
Toppings (9)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheese1 large pita bread
- over cheesebutter1 tsp · 4.7g
- over cheeseground Italian sausage1 lb · 453.6g
- over cheese1 large onion
- over cheesereen pepper
- over cheese1 medium sized can mushroom
- over cheese1 can black olives340.2g
- over cheese15 -20 slices pepperoni
- over cheeseoregano2 tsp · 1g