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Mini deep dish pizzas

Alison Adams · taste.com.au · 2017 · 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: 446°F)

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

500g

Water

Hydration

Salt

Yeast

1.26%

Oil

Sauce

Cheese

Dough weight

506g

Process

Bake temp

446°F / 230°C

Bake time

12-15 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

cast iron pan

Ingredients (6)

  • sauce tomatotomato pasta sauce
  • yeastinstant dried yeast1.5 tsp · 6.3g
  • waterwarm water
  • flourbread and pizza plain flour500g
  • saltm table salt
  • oilm extra virgin olive oil

Toppings (3)

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

  • over cheese24 baby bocconcini
  • over cheese2 twiggy sticks2 stick
  • post bakeFresh basil leaves