Simple Deep Dish Pizza
Minimalist Baker · minimalistbaker.com · 2013 · Original
Chicago Deep-Dishas labeled by the source
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: mozzarella cheese, grated parmesan cheese.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Chicago Deep-Dish style, one of 73 in the lab. Its dough did not parse to grams, so it sits out the dough comparisons.
Chicago Deep-Dish (Chicago): buttery cornmeal crust in deep pan, cheese UNDER sauce (Uno/Malnati), ~2" deep, 35-45 min bake
Tradition: 50 to 60% hydration · 425 to 500°F bake (this recipe: 450°F)
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Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
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Process
Bake temp
450°F / 232°C
Bake time
4 to 6 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
cast iron pan
Ingredients (5)
- sauce tomato3/4 - 1 cup pizza sauce3/4 cup · 150g
- sauce tomatomixed veggies of choice )1 cup · 245g
- oilOlive oiln/a
- cheese mozzarella1- 1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese1 cup · 113g
- cheese otherGrated parmesan cheese )n/a
Toppings (3)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheese1 clove garlic
- over cheeseItalian seasonings )
- post bakeFresh basil )
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