Chicago Deep Dish Pizza

Name: Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
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; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp sugar for sauce; 100g parmesan, grated

The iconic Chicago deep dish pizza with a thick buttery crust, chunky tomato sauce and loads of cheese.

Total time

125 min

Prep

90 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

400gplain flour

7ginstant yeast

1 tspsalt

1 tspsugar

250mlwarm water

80mlolive oil

3 tbspcornmeal

400gmozzarella, sliced

400gcrushed tomatoes

3 clovesgarlic, minced

1 tspdried oregano

1 tspsugar for sauce

100gparmesan, grated

Instructions

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

Mix tomatoes with garlic, oregano and sugar for sauce.

Oil a deep 30cm cake tin or cast iron pan, dust with cornmeal.

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

Layer mozzarella slices over dough base.

Spoon tomato sauce over cheese.

Scatter with parmesan.

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

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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