Ingredients
- Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza Dough, recipe follows
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh garlic
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh basil
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 (28-ounce) can plum tomatoes, coarsely crushed
- 1 tablespoon dry red wine
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 pound mozzarella cheese, sliced
- 8 ounces pepperoni, thinly sliced
- 8 ounces mushrooms, wiped clean and thinly sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, cored and cut into thin rings
- 1 yellow onion, cut into thin rings
- 1 cup thinly sliced black olives
- 1 pound crumbled hot Italian sausage
- 1 cup grated Parmesan
Directions
While the dough is rising, make the tomato sauce. In a medium saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add the herbs, seeds, salt, and black and red peppers, and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes, wine and sugar, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool completely before using.
Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F.
Oil 2 seasoned 12-inch round deep-dish pizza pans with the extra-virgin olive oil. Press 1 piece of dough into each pan, pressing to the edge and stretching about 1 1/2 inches up the sides. Let rest for 5 minutes.
Layer the mozzarella cheese all over the bottom of the pies. Top each with half of the pepperoni, mushrooms, bell pepper rings, onions, black olives and sausage. Ladle the sauce evenly over each pizza and top with Parmesan.
Bake until the top is golden and the cheese is bubbly and the crust is golden brown, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven, slice and serve hot.
Chicago-style Deep Dish Pizza Dough:
- 11/2 cups warm water (about 110 degrees F)
- 1 (1/4-ounce) packages active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup semolina flour
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil, plus 2 teaspoons to grease bowl
- 1 teaspoon salt
In a large bowl, combine the water, yeast, and sugar and stir to combine. Let sit until the mixture is foamy, about 5 minutes.
Add 1 1/2 cups of the flour, the semolina, 1/2 cup of the oil, and the salt, mixing by hand until it is all incorporated and the mixture is smooth. Continue adding the flour, 1/4 cup at a time, working the dough after each addition, until all the flour is incorporated but the dough is still slightly sticky.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth but still slightly tacky, 3 to 5 minutes. Oil a large mixing bowl with the remaining 2 teaspoons oil.
Place the dough in the bowl and turn to oil all sides. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set in a warm, draft-free place until nearly doubled in size, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Divide into 2 equal portions and use as directed.
















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By bdherwig
on May 01, 2013
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This is one of the best dishes I have ever made. It tastes 100% like the restaurant version. I made two pizzas and froze one after cooking. We ate the frozen one a couple of weeks later and it took some time to heat up, but it was still awesome. I would echo some others' comments that when I make it again (not if, I will make a tiny bit more sauce than the recipe calls for.
By dmsick
Jackson, TN
on February 25, 2013
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We make this recipe 1-2x per month and cook the pizza on a kamado cooker. I went to school in the Chicago area and find this to be a very authentic tasting recipe. Thanks Emeril.
By StaceyFlem
St. Louis, MO
on January 12, 2013
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I used a shiny-metal cake pan and there was no burning of the crust but my other pan was dark and I just barely made sure it didn't burn. It didn't seem like there was enough sauce so I added a can of pizza sauce and it was just right. The end result was complete perfection!
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