Deep Dish Pan Pizza
Kind of Chicago, kinda of pan pizza. 100% Amazing.
Equipment
- Cast Iron Skillet
Ingredients
- Flour, for dusting
- 1 Pizza Dough Ball, Large Bought from local pizza place (or store)
- 2 cups Pizza Sauce See link in post :-) or store bought :-(
- 4 oz Mushrooms, sliced Chef's choice ;-)
- 2 tbsp Red Wine Either drinking wine or cooking wine will do
- 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil, divided
- 12 oz. Spicy Italian Sausage, casing removed and sliced
- 1 tsp Crushed Red Pepper
- ¼ cup Red Onion, sliced
- 3 cups Mozzarella, shredded
- ½ cup Parmesan Cheese, grated
- 1 tbsp Fresh Basil or Fresh Oregano, torn for garnish
Instructions
- Make the pizza sauce (see link in post).
- Preheat oven to 475° and place rack on highest level that will eventually fit cast iron pan.
- Heat 1 tsp. of olive oil in a pan. Add the mushrooms and wine. Saute the mushrooms for 6 - 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms soften. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Spread some flour on a cutting board, Combine remaining oil with dough and stretch room temperature dough to the diameter of your cooking pan (cast iron preferred for this recipe).
- Heat a cast iron pan to medium heat (if using for pizza, otherwise use a separate pan and combine later). Brown the sausage, stirring occasionally for 5 - 6 minutes. Set aside leaving rendered fat in pan.
- Remove the cast iron pan from heat. Add stretched dough to pan and form to fit, using a wooden spoon to help form the high sides of the eventual crust and smoothing out the dough.
- Set over medium heat (from the sausage burner) for 3 - 5 minutes as this will help the crust set better. While heating layer in the pizza sauce, sausage, mushrooms, crushed red pepper, and sliced red onion. Top with mozzarella.
- Carefully place in oven. Cook for 12 - 15 minutes or until upper crust starts to brown and cheese is bubbling.
- Carefully remove from oven and let cool for 5 - 10 minutes. Top with fresh parmesan and fresh herbs (basil or oregano, preferred). Cut into desired portions and serve.
