Deep Dish Pizza Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Deep Dish Pizza
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. In the bowl of your electric mixer- KitchenAid is perfect for this- dissolve the yeast in the water.
  2. Add the oils, cornmeal, and 3 cups of the flour.
  3. Beat for 10 minutes with the mixer.
  4. Add the dough hook and mix in the additional 21/2 cups flour.
  5. Knead for several minutes with the machine.
  6. It is hard to do this by hand since the dough is very rich and moist.
  7. Pour out the dough on a plastic countertop and cover with a very large metal bowl.
  8. Allow to rise double in bulk.
  9. Punch down and allow to rise again.
  10. Punch down a second time and you are ready to make your pizza.
  11. Oil round cake pans or deep dish pizza pan.
  12. Put a bit of dough in each and push it out to the edges, using your fingers.
  13. Put in enough dough so that you can run the crust right up the side of the pan.
  14. Try to make it approximately 1/8 thick throughout the pan.
  15. The filling for 9 or 10 inch pan:.
  16. Place the cheese in tilelike layers on the bottom of the pie.
  17. Next put in the tomatoes and the basil, oregano, garlic and salt- reserve the Parmesan cheese for the top.
  18. Drizzle the olive oil over the top of the pie and bake.
  19. Additional variations: BEFORE you put on the Parmesan cheese and olive oil drizzle you might like to add any or all of the following:.
  20. Italian Sausage- hot or mild.
  21. Yellow Onions- peeled and sliced or diced.
  22. Pepperoni- sliced thin.
  23. Mushrooms- sliced.
  24. Green Sweet Bell Peppers- cored and sliced thin.
  25. Sliced Black Olives.
  26. Very Thinly Sliced Ham or Canadian Bacon.
  27. Put any or all of these on your pie and then top with the Parmesan and the olive oil.
  28. Bake the pie in 475º oven until the top is golden and gooey and the crust a light golden brown.
  29. This should take about 35-40 minutes.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1543.09 Kcal (6461 kJ)
Calories from fat 683.06 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 75.9g 117%
Cholesterol 5.99mg 2%
Sodium 3934.07mg 164%
Potassium 557.09mg 12%
Total Carbs 183.56g 61%
Sugars 2.29g 9%
Dietary Fiber 21.63g 87%
Protein 36.9g 74%
Vitamin C 8.8mg 15%
Iron 11.4mg 63%
Calcium 811mg 81%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 367.85 Kcal (1540 kJ)
Calories from fat 162.83 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.09g 117%
Cholesterol 1.43mg 2%
Sodium 937.84mg 164%
Potassium 132.8mg 12%
Total Carbs 43.76g 61%
Sugars 0.55g 9%
Dietary Fiber 5.16g 87%
Protein 8.8g 74%
Vitamin C 2.1mg 15%
Iron 2.7mg 63%
Calcium 193.3mg 81%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 36.4
    Points
  • 41
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free,
  • high fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top