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Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza (Including The History of Chicago Style Pizza)
Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza (Including The History of Chicago Style Pizza)
It’s time for another delicious pizza recipe that YOU can make at
home for a fraction of the price of buying a single pie.
You may want to grab a favorite beverage, sit back and relax as you learn how to create
this masterpiece. Once your friends get wind that you can make one of these they be
showing up with all types of offers trying to bribe you to make another!
You’re going to laugh when your family and friends get Down On Their Knees And Beg
You To Make Another One Of These Delicious Pizza Pies.
Do I have the attention of your taste buds yet? If not, read on because you
can’t order this pizza at “any ole” pizza parlor.
It’s time for the Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza Pie!
William Lockhart
Founder / Pizza Lover
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you that you’ll receive much more benefit from having easy access to the
information while you’re creating your masterpiece, rather than running
back and forth to a computer screen (or exposing that nice laptop to the
perils of the kitchen).
Before you even begin pulling out the pans … PRINT the report out on
paper. Then, grab an ink pen and insert your special touches and notes on
the report. Circle or underline areas of interest. Scribble ideas, notes and
“your special discoveries” in the margins.
This information is just information unless you use it. I encourage you to
print it out before you roll up your sleeves and begin using it.
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But First… before we actually make out pizza let me give you a
little history about the famous Chicago Style Pizza…
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The pizza's foundation is simple. It uses a thick layer of dough (made with olive
oil and cornmeal) that is formed to a deep round pan and pulled up the sides.
The pizza crust is then parbaked before the toppings are added to give it greater
spring.
The crust is then covered with cheese (generally sliced mozzarella) and covered
with meats and/or vegetables such as Italian sausage, onions, and bell peppers.
A sauce consisting of crushed or pureed tomatoes is then added. Usually this is
topped with a grated cheese blend to add additional flavor. On the usual pizza,
about a pound of cheese is added. Because of the amount of ingredients in this
style of pizza, it is usually eaten with a knife and fork. It's quite messy to eat with
your fingers.
In the mid-1970s, two Chicago chains, Nancy's, founded by Rocco Palese, and
Giordano's began experimenting with deep dish pizza and created the stuffed
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pizza. Palese based his creation on his mother's recipe for scarciedda, an Italian
Easter pie from his hometown of Potenza. A Chicago Magazine article featuring
Giordano's stuffed pizza popularized the dish. Other pizzerias that make stuffed
pizzas include Bacino's, Edwardo's and Carmen's. Most also make thin crust
pizzas.
Stuffed pizzas are often even taller than deep-dish pizzas, but otherwise, it can
be hard to see the difference until you cut into it. A stuffed pizza generally has
much higher topping density than any other type of pizza. As with deep-dish
pizza, a thin layer of dough forms a bowl in a high-sided pan and the toppings
and cheese are added. Then, an additional layer of dough goes on top and is
pressed to the sides of the bottom crust.
At this stage of the process, the thin dough top has a rounded, domed
appearance. Pizza makers often puncture a small hole in the top of the "pizza lid"
to allow air and steam to escape while cooking. This allows the pizza sauce to
permeate through the pie. Pizza sauce is added to the top crust layer and the
pizza is then baked.
Chicago pan pizza in Chicago is similar to the traditional deep-dish style pizza
served in other areas of the country, and baked in a similar deep-sided pan, but
its crust is quite thick -- a cross between the buttery crisp crust and focaccia.
Toppings and cheese frequently go on the top of a pan pizza, rather than under
the sauce as is traditionally the case with deep-dish and stuffed pizza. The
placement of the cheese and toppings on top make the pan pizza variety similar
to a thin-crust pizza with a thicker and larger crust.
The crust is topped with a liberal quantity of Italian style tomato sauce. This type
of sauce is usually seasoned with herbs or and highly spiced. Typically there are
no visible chunks of tomato in the crust. A layer of toppings is added, and finally
a layer of mozzarella cheese.
Chicago style pizza has a rich and famous heritage and admirers from all over
the world. If you're a pizza lover and you've never tried this type of pizza, be sure
to give it a try, I'm absolutely convinced that you will love it!
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Ingredients:
***Suggested Toppings***
* Chopped garlic
* Green peppers
* Sliced pepperoni
* Italian sweet sausage
* Sliced mushrooms
* Chopped onions
Accessories
1- Reliable flat surface to flatten the dough
1- High Sided Baking Pan or Deep Dish Pizza Pan
2- Large Bowls for Mixing
2- Kitchen towels or equivalent
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Mix the above dry ingredients for 10 minutes in a strong mixer or knead by hand.
If you’re doing this by hand…20-30 minutes of kneading will create a great crust.
Now add 2 1/2 cups of flour. Mix for 15 minutes in a strong mixer with a dough
hook or by hand, an additional 10 minutes. Now the dough must rise.
Check the yeast mixture to ensure that the yeast has become active. It will
appear to have increased in volume.
The dough should be placed in a large bowl in a warm place, covered with a
moist dish towel.
If it is not warm in the kitchen, turn the oven on to the lowest setting, (no more
than 100) and let the dough rise in the bowl in the oven, covered by the towel.
Let rise for the first time (about an hour) and punch down the dough…
Let the dough rise once again, punch down once more and you’re ready to
use the dough.
Now it’s time to push the dough out flat (with your fingers preferably). We’ll be
using 4/5’s of the dough first and the last 1/5 of the dough for our finishing
touches. in a high sided pizza pan or high sided deep dish baking pan (you can
even use a black iron skillet), spread the dough across the bottom of the pan
and up the side walls of the pan. Insure that dough reaches the very top of the
walls of the high sided pan.
Now layer the bottom of the pie with thin slices of your spicy Italian sausage,
then a layer of shredded mozzarella cheese. Now add an intermediate thin layer
of tomato sauce.
It’s now time to cover your middle layer with additional Italian herbs and select
Italian spices. (You can improvise a little here if you have specific ingredients
that you would like to add). Continue to cover with chopped garlic, green
peppers, sliced pepperoni, and yes a little more Italian sweet sausage, sliced
mushrooms, chopped onions and additional toppings to satisfy your taste.
Sprinkle lightly with grated Romano or Parmesan cheese.
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(Using the Parmesan adds a little “sweetness” to your sauce without the use of
sugar or other traditional sweeteners.) Sugar is a natural browning agent and
will accelerate the browning of your crust…we need this pie to cook fairly slowly
so accelerated browning is not what we want in this case…
At this point we’re going to add additional flavor and that unique Chicago look
and feel by using the 1/5 of dough to create a thin upper crust on the pie. Roll
the remaining dough into a very thin layer and place on the top of the pie gently
tucking the dough into the dough of the side layer that you originally placed in
the pan.
Use a fork to gently puncture the last upper of crust to allow the pie to “breathe”
during the baking process. Just a few punctures will do here… Place a final light
layer of shredded cheese on the upper layer and lastly a layer of sauce to
complete the construction of the pie.
Cook in a oven at 475 on the middle rack until done… about 15 to 20 minutes
depending on toppings and thickness of crust and how crispy you want it
cooked.
Note, some pizza sauce from within the pie may seep unto the top of the pie.
Get ready for the flood of family members and friend that will knock
down your door to get a slice!
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