Deep Dish Pizza Dough Recipe
The Hobby Wife · thehobbywife.com · 2020 · Original
Chicago Deep-Dishas labeled by the source
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: melted butter.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Chicago Deep-Dish style, 47% hydration: drier than 92% of the 1,480 doughs that parse.
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 (this recipe: 47%) · 425 to 500°F bake
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
237g
Hydration
47.4%
Salt
1.2%
Yeast
1.42%
Oil
0%
Sauce
n/a
Cheese
n/a
Dough weight
777g
Process
Bake temp
n/a
Bake time
20 to 25 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
cast iron pan
Ingredients (5)
- yeastof yeast/ 1 envelope1/4 oz · 7.1g
- waterof warm water1 cup · 237g
- oilof oil plus a drizzle for cooking the deep dish pizza dough &0.1 cup · 27.3g
- flourof flour2 1/2 cup · 500g
- saltof salt1 tsp · 6g
Toppings (1)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheeseof melted butter2 tsp · 9.4g
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