Deep Dish Chicago Pizza

Name: Deep Dish Chicago Pizza
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Pizza
Ingredients: 400g plain flour; 7g instant yeast; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp sugar; 250ml warm water; 80ml olive oil; 3 tbsp cornmeal; 400g mozzarella, sliced; 400g crushed tomatoes; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 100g parmesan, grated; 1 tsp dried oregano

The iconic Chicago deep dish with a thick buttery crust, layers of cheese and chunky tomato sauce. Layering the mozzarella directly on the dough before the sauce, rather than after, stops the crust turning soggy under the long 30-35 minute bake.

Total time

125 min

Prep

90 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Pizza

vegetarian

Ingredients

400gplain flour

7ginstant yeast

1 tspsalt

1 tspsugar

250mlwarm water

80mlolive oil

3 tbspcornmeal

400gmozzarella, sliced

400gcrushed tomatoes

3 clovesgarlic, minced

100gparmesan, grated

1 tspdried oregano

Instructions

Mix flour, yeast, salt and sugar, add water and oil, knead 8 minutes, prove 1 hour.

Mix tomatoes with garlic and oregano for sauce.

Oil a deep 30cm cake tin and dust with cornmeal.

Press dough into tin, pushing 4cm up the sides.

Layer mozzarella slices over dough base.

Spoon thick tomato sauce over cheese.

Scatter with parmesan.

Bake at 220C for 30-35 minutes until crust is golden.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

968

Protein

50.1g

Fat

44.2g

Carbs

91.6g

Fiber

5.1g

Sodium

1496mg

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