Double Crust Stuffed Pizza

Name: Double Crust Stuffed Pizza
Prep time: 2 h 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons active dry yeast; 1 Tbsp packed brown sugar; 227 grams bulk Italian sausage; 227 grams crushed tomatoes; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 227 grams package sliced fresh mushrooms; 1 teaspoons garlic powder; 1 green bell pepper, chopped; 1 teaspoon olive oil; 113 grams package sliced pepperoni; 1 red bell pepper, chopped; 1 teaspoons salt; 710 milliliters shredded mozzarella cheese, divided; 237 milliliters warm water (100 degrees F/40 degrees C); 2 teaspoons white sugar

Double Crust Stuffed Pizza might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains about 22g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 436 calories. Head to the store and pick up active yeast, salt, flour, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the brown sugar you could follow this main course with the Brown-sugar Pound Cupcakes With Brown-butter Glaze as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine.

Instructions

Combine the white sugar and the warm water in a large bowl or in the work bowl of a stand mixer.

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Granulated Sugar

Water

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Sprinkle the yeast over the warm sugar water, and let stand for 5 minutes until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam. Stir 1 tablespoon olive oil into the yeast mixture.

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Olive Oil

Sugar

Water

Yeast

Stir 1/2 teaspoon salt into the flour.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

Mix half of the flour mixture into the yeast water, and stir until no dry spots remain. Stir in the remaining flour, a 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes (or mix with dough hook in stand mixer).

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Yeast Water

Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a light cloth, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.

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Dough

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Combine the crushed tomatoes, brown sugar, garlic powder, 1 teaspoon olive oil, and salt in small saucepan. Cover pan, and cook over low heat until tomatoes start to break down, about 30 minutes.

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Crushed Tomatoes

Garlic Powder

Brown Sugar

Olive Oil

Tomato

Salt

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Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface.

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Dough

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Cut the dough into 2 equal pieces.

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Dough

Roll one piece into a 12 inch thin circle.

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Roll

Roll the other half into a thicker, 9 inch circle.

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Roll

Place the 12 inch dough round into an ungreased 9 inch springform pan.

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Dough

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Springform Pan

Sprinkle dough with 1 cup of cheese. Shape sausage into a 9 inch patty and place in pan on top of the cheese.

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Sausage

Cheese

Dough

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Frying Pan

Layer pepperoni, mushrooms, green pepper, red pepper, and remaining cheese on top of sausage patty. Top with the 9 inch dough round and pinch edges to seal.

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Green Pepper