Pizzeria Uno's Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
Pour the warm water into a large mixing bowl and dissolve the yeast with a fork. Add 1 cup of flour, all of the cornmeal, salt, and, and vegetable oil. Mix well with a spoon. Conti...
Ingredients
- 1cupwarm tap water (110−115ø)
- 1pkg. active dry yeast
- 31/2 cups flour
- 1/2cupcoarse ground cornmeal
- 1teas. salt
- 1/4cupvegetable oil
- 1lb. mozzarella, sliced thin
- 1lb. italian sausage, removed from the casing and crumbled
Directions
- 1
Pour the warm water into a large mixing bowl and dissolve the yeast with a fork
- 2
Add 1 cup of flour, all of the cornmeal, salt, and, and vegetable oil
- 3
Mix well with a spoon
- 4
Continue stirring in the rest of the flour 1/2 cup at a time, until the dough comes away from the sides of the bowl
- 5
Flour your hands and the work surface and kneed the ball of dough until it is no longer sticky
- 6
Let the dough rise in an oiled bowl, sealed with plastic wrap, for 45 to 60 minutes in a warm place, until it is doubled in bulk
- 7
Punch it down and kneed it briefly
- 8
Press it into an oiled 15−inch deep dish pizza pan, until it comes 2 inches up the sides and is even on the bottom of the pan