Anders Bandt

Deep Dish Pizza

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Ingredients

  • 1 lb. pizza dough

Toppings

  • ½ lb Italian sausage
  • 10 slices mozzarella cheese
  • ½ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

Sauce

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 30 oz crushed tomato with basil, 1 can

Instructions

Pizza Sauce

  • For the pizza sauce, melt the butter in a small saucepan and add the onion, salt, red pepper flakes, and oregano, and sauté until golden brown.
  • Add the garlic, sugar, and crushed tomatoes, and simmer for roughly 20 minutes or until sauce thickens.
  • Remove dough and bring onto floured surface.
  • Cut dough in half and begin working dough out, ensuring that it is at least 2 inches (5 cm) wider than your deep dish pan.

Toppings and Assembly

  • Preheat your oven to 425 °F
  • Cook Italian sausage.
  • Bring your dough into your oiled and floured deep dish pan.
  • Using your hands press dough into sides of your dish making it as even as possible.
  • Lay slices of mozzarella across the dough, covering the entire bottom.
  • Add pieces of uncased italian sausage on top of the mozzarella and top with tomato sauce.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes or until crust starts to lightly brown and the cheese is melted.
  • Enjoy! Sometimes it’s best for the pizza to cool for a couple minutes to let the pizza thicken up.