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Chicago Deep Dish Pizza

Name: Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: USA
Ingredients: 300g Bread flour; 2 tsp Dry yeast; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 300g Mozzarella (sliced); 150g Italian Sausage; 400g Canned whole tomatoes; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 tsp Oregano; 3 tbsp Parmesan cheese

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⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐⭐

A thick crust layered with cheese, fillings, and tomato sauce — Chicago's hearty pizza.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Chicago deep dish pizza is said to have been created in 1943 at Pizzeria Uno in Chicago, and it's famous for layering in the reverse order of ordinary pizza. Dough is pressed into a deep pan, then topped first with cheese, then fillings, and finally tomato sauce. It's so thick you eat it with a knife and fork, and it can take 45 minutes or more to bake — Chicago's signature feast pizza.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a long-established Chicago pizzeria, diners cheer as a thick deep dish pizza arrives in its iron pan.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Bread flour 300g
Dry yeast 2 tsp
Olive oil 3 tbsp
Mozzarella (sliced) 300g
Italian Sausage 150g
Canned whole tomatoes 400g
Garlic 2 cloves
Oregano 1 tsp
Parmesan cheese 3 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix and knead the bread flour, yeast, water, and olive oil and let rise 1 hour.
Oil a deep round pan and press the dough in, pushing it up the sides.
Cover the dough with plenty of mozzarella and add the cooked sausage.
Top with a sauce of canned tomatoes simmered briefly with garlic and oregano, and scatter with Parmesan.
Bake at 200°C for 35–40 minutes until the crust is well baked.

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