Deep Dish Pizza
This deep dish pizza recipe with homemade herbed crust, tomatoes, and lots of melty cheese will bring Pizza Night to your kitchen each week.
Servings: 6 slices
Ingredients
For the Pizza Crust
- ¾ cup whole wheat flour
- 1½ cups all-purpose ultragrain flour you can also use regular all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup lukewarm water
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon water
For the Toppings
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 clove garlic minced
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 cup tomato sauce or pizza sauce use your favorite
- 1 whole tomato sliced into thin rounds (I used vine-ripened tomatoes)
- ¾ cup part skim shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
- crushed red pepper flakes to taste
Instructions
- In your stand mixer's bowl, combine the flours and salt; whisk to combine and set aside.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine water, yeast, and sugar; stir and let stand 5 minutes, or until foamy.
- With your stand mixer on low, gradually add the yeast mixture to the flour mixture.
- Add olive oil and continue to mix until the dough looks shaggy.
- Attach the dough hook to your mixer and continue to mix at medium speed for 5 minutes. At this point, if the dough looks dry, add a little bit of water at a time, up to 1 tablespoon, and continue to mix until combined.
- Remove the bowl from the mixer.
- Oil your hands and shape the dough into a ball.
- Transfer the dough to a lightly greased large bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let it rise in a warm area for about 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.
- Preheat the oven to 400˚F.
- Press the pizza dough into a greased 10-inch skillet that's about 2 inches deep. Set aside.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine extra virgin olive oil, fresh basil, oregano, garlic, and pepper; mix to combine.
- Brush the garlic mixture over the pizza dough.
- Spread the tomato sauce evenly over the dough.
- Arrange the tomatoes over the sauce.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle with cheeses and crushed pepper.
- Return to oven and bake for an additional 4 to 6 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.
- Remove from oven and let it rest for 10 minutes.
- Cut and serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 248kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 852mg | Potassium: 351mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 400IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 173mg | Iron: 2mg
