Chicago Stuffed Special
"Deep Dish"
Here's the stuffed version of the Deep Dish........topped with spicy Calabrian Peppers.
Dough
6 c of AP Flour
2.5 c of Water
1/4 c Olive Oil
2 tsp of Salt
2 tsp ADY Yeast
1 tbl Sugar
Sprinkle Yeast over 105F Water, add Sugar , Oil and Salt.....let rest for 10 minutes. Add Flour to wet ingredients....knead with dough hook in blender for 10 minutes. Let rest for 20 minutes, knead by hand for 5 additional minutes. Let double in size in container...punch down and let slow rize overnight in fridge. Bring to room temp 3 hrs prior to cutting and rolling.
Toppings
2 lbs of Italian Sausage
1/4 lb of Pepperoni
48 oz can of plum Tomatoes...drained and milled coarsely
1 Onion
1 Green Pepper
1/2 lb of Mushrooms
1/2/ lb of Provolone...sliced
1 lb low moisture Mozzarella Cheese.....grated
Salt, Anise Powder, dried Basil and Oregano
1 oz of each Parm and Pecorino Cheeses
Procedure
Divide the dough ball (33 oz) into 1/3 and 2/3 size pieces. Roll larger size portion into a 15" circle. Grease 13" deep dish pan with Margarine. Tuck dough disc in pan and press up the sides and over the top. Overlap sliced Provolone Cheese on bottom over dough followed by Sausage, Pepperoni, Green Peppers, Onions, Mushrooms and Mozzarella Cheese that was docked up with Basil and Oregano (1 tsp of each)
Slightly tamp down cheese, roll 2nd dough ball into a windowpane thick disc. Cover the cheese with disc crimping edges with the 1st dough. Poke a few vent holes in top with knife. Ladle crushed milled Tomatoes over the top dough...adding a pinch of Anise Powder, Salt, Parm and Pecorino Cheeses .
Bake in a pre-heated 400F degree oven on lower middle rack for 30 minutes....move pie to upper middle rack for an additional 15 minutes. Remove entire pie from pan and cut with pizza blade
That's how'ya do it...
Edited by PIC 1, Today, 02:24 PM.