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Chicago Deep Dish Pizza

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A true Chicago deep dish pizza with its intense flavor and frittata-like crust.

Chicago Deep Dish Pizza

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⏱️ 20 min prep + 25 min cottura · 8 porzioni · media

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Ingredients

  • 1 kg of hard wheat flour
  • 700 ml of warm water
  • 10 g of yeast
  • 20 g of butter
  • 150 g of grana cheese
  • 100 g of provolone cheese
  • 500 g of canned tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • Salt to taste

Method

  1. Mix the yeast with warm water and let it sit for 10 minutes.
  2. In a large bowl, mix the flour with salt, then make a well and pour in the yeast and water.
  3. Add the butter and knead the dough until a homogeneous mass is formed.
  4. Let the dough rise, covered with a damp cloth, for about 1 hour.
  5. Prepare the tomato sauce by adding olive oil and salt.
  6. Roll out the dough on the pizza pan, forming a bowl shape.
  7. Add the tomato sauce, grana cheese, and provolone cheese.
  8. Bake at 200°C for 25-30 minutes until the crust is golden.

The story

Chicago deep dish pizza originated in the 1940s in a Chicago restaurant, aiming to create a more substantial and flavorful pizza.

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