Deep Dish Pizza

Name: Deep Dish Pizza
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon granulated sugar; 2 kilograms high-gluten flour; 340 grams red sauce; 710 milliliters grated mozzarella; 57 grams salt; 59 milliliters vegetable oil, plus more for oiling baking sheet; 1 teaspoon white pepper; 7 grams yeast; 2 servings Toppings, as needed

Deep Dish Pizza might be a good recipe to expand your main course repertoire. This recipe serves 2. One serving contains 4463 calories, 164g of protein, and 66g of fat. This recipe covers 33% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 30 minutes. If you have sauce, toppings, high-gluten flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the granulated sugar you could follow this main course with the Strawberry-Lavender Shortcakes as a dessert.

Instructions

For the dough: In a mixer with a dough hook attachment, blend 4 cups (1 quart) ice cold water, the salt, yeast, pepper and sugar and mix well; let rest for 10 minutes. Next, add the flour and oil and mix until smooth, 3 to 4 minutes. Oil a baking sheet. Portion the dough into two rounds and place on the baking sheet. Allow to rest and rise until doubling in size, about 1 hour.

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Working with one ball of dough at a time, spread the dough evenly, forming a crust about 13 inches in diameter.

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Crust

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Transfer to a round pan and allow to rise for 30 minutes; repeat with the other dough ball.

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Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.

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For the pizzas: After rising, "dock" each crust with your fingertip to form small pockets in the dough, 20 to 30 pockets on each.

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Pour about 2 ounces of sauce over each crust to cover the dough and fill the pockets.

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Bake for 20 minutes to form the crust and allow the sauce to dry into the dough.

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Raise the oven temperature to 450 degrees F.

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Evenly spread the remaining sauce to cover the cooked crusts, leaving a 1/2-inch border unsauced. Next, spread 2 ounces of cheese over the sauce on each pizza, followed by the toppings. Finish with a sprinkling of more cheese.

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