Deep Dish Pizza
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 23
- Yields:
-
1 pizza
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
-
Dough
- 1⁄4 ounce dry yeast
- 1 cup lukewarm water
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 1⁄2 - 3 cups flour
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Meat Sauce
- 1 lb Italian sausage
- 1⁄4 cup chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 lb tomatoes, chopped
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1⁄2 lb mushroom, sliced
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
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Cheese Filling
- 1 lb ricotta cheese
- 1⁄4 lb mozzarella cheese, grated
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1⁄4 cup minced parsley
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
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Topping
- 1⁄2 lb mozzarella cheese, grated
- 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
directions
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Dough:
- Dissolve yeast in water in bowl.
- Add sugar, salt and oil. Mix well.
- Gradually add flour to form stiff dough.
- Knead on a floured surface until smooth and elastic.
- Place in greased bowl, cover with a tea towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk.
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Meat Sauce:
- Brown meat in a large skillet with onion and garlic. Drain grease.
- Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes. Cool.
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Cheese Filling:
- Combine all ingredients and mix well.
- Roll out half of dough on floured surface into a large rectangle.
- Place in a greased 11x17 jelly roll pan or a 9x13 inch glass baking dish, easing dough gently to fit up the sides.
- Spread with cheese filling.
- Roll out remaining dough and fit over cheese filling.
- Cover with meat sauce.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese, oregano and Parmesan cheese and bake an additional 15 minutes or until golden,.
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