I will guide you exactly as how you could replicate the famous Chicago style Deep Dish Pizza at home, with fewer calories of course and this being a veggie loaded pizza is another bonus.
If you have never had a deep dish pizza, you must, at least once in your life time. The first time i tried them was while in Boston from an amazing local Italian Pizza joint. It was just fantastic and costly.
Just make sure to have pizza dough handy for quick pizza or you could very well start from scratch also.
I often make pizzas in my Cast Iron Pans, it is just amazing how evenly they heat up and help in yielding such good crisp crust. You can checkout my Cast Iron pan here.
Let's get on to the recipe:
Ingredients:
Pizza Dough
Pizza Sauce(I used store bought)
Few basil leaves
Fresh Mozzarella grated - 2 cups
Cheddar cheese grated - 1 cup
Roasted Veggies* - 1.5 cups
Method:
1. Preheat oven at 425 F. Spread the dough evenly in iron skillet or pan. Spread cheese as first layer.
2. I have roasted veggies as i feel they taste much better in a pizza, than the raw ones.
3. Spread the pizza sauce evenly and last layer of cheese. Bake for around 14-16 minutes. Garnish with basil leaves. Serve hot!
Notes:
1.For roasting veggies, heat a sauce pan, add olive oil and on high heat roast broccoli, garlic, onion, peppers, mushrooms etc for 2 minutes.
2. Check out my best Whole Wheat Pizza Dough recipe here.
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Till we meet again,
Remya.
Where in Boston did you have the pizza? I am from the Boston area and would love to know! I love making pizzas in cast iron pans -- they just do something magical to it!!
ReplyDeleteHey Vicky, it's called UNO pizzeria, exactly in Framingham.And so true about Cast Iron Pans.!!
DeleteThis looks amazing! I made my first cast-iron pizza last week and it was so delicious, I'm excited to try it out again!
ReplyDeleteAwesome Emily. Its pure delish every single time!
DeleteGreat idea! I love pizza, especially homemade :)
ReplyDeleteLove deep dish pizza so so so much! Will definitely try this with your awesome dough!
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Do so Shadi..:)
DeleteI always do my sourdough pizza in a pan - and dry fry it, then finish it under the grill. Homemade is always so much nicer isn't it?
ReplyDeleteTotally Helen! No doubt about it..:)
DeleteOh, I bet cast iron gives a great crisp crust!
ReplyDeleteI admit, as a New Yorker, I'm still wrapping my mind around deep dish pizza... ;-) but that does sound good.
Oh it does totally Anne!!
DeleteI can C y cast iron tweeted this.looks delish..love it
ReplyDeleteThanks Vidya..:)
DeleteHow wonderfully simple, I like quick and easy meals and this fits the bill perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThis looks delicious! I actually just got a cast iron skillet today! Adding this to my list of recipes to try!
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