Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza

Name: Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 0.75 cup lukewarm water; 1 each active dry yeast; 1.5 cup all-purpose flour; 2 each . olive oil; 1 each . honey; 10 oz Mozzarella cheese; 0.5 cup Freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 2 cup pizza sauce

Unknown · seasonsandsuppers.ca · 2017 · 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 (this recipe: 95%) · 425–500°F bake (this recipe: 425°F)

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

188g

Water

178g

Hydration

94.8%

Salt

—

Yeast

—

Oil

—

Sauce

400g

Cheese

340g

Dough weight

365g

Process

Bake temp

425°F / 218°C

Bake time

13-15 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

cast iron pan

Bulk

Ingredients (8)

waterlukewarm water0.75 cup · 177.8g
yeastactive dry yeast—
flourall-purpose flour1.5 cup · 187.5g
oil. olive oil—
sugar. honey—
cheese mozzarellaMozzarella cheese10 oz · 283.5g
cheese otherFreshly grated Parmesan cheese0.5 cup · 56.5g
sauce tomatopizza sauce2 cup · 400g

Toppings (2)

Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.

over cheesecornmeal0.25 cup · 50g
over cheese4 8-inch Hot or Mild Italian sausage links

Pizza Lab

Baker's percentages

Process

Ingredients (8)

Toppings (2)