Chicago-style Deep Dish Pizza

Italian meatballs, mushrooms, bell peppers, and sauce in a deep dish pizza baked in a skillet.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Resting Time 5

Total Time 35

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian

Servings big slices

Calories 430 kcal

Equipment

10-inch cast-iron skillet
ladle - for the sauce
cutting board
pie knife

Ingredients

2 tbsp flour
1 ball of pizza dough
2 tbsp olive oil
6 slices Provolone cheese
6 slices Mozzarella cheese
8 Italian meatballs - halved
4 ounces cremini mushrooms - sliced
¼ cup green bell pepper - sliced
3 cups Pomodoro Pizza Sauce
2 tbsp Parmesan cheese - grated

Instructions

Flour a ball of pizza dough on a rolling surface.
1 ball of pizza dough, 2 tbsp flour
Roll out the dough into a 14-inch disc.
Coat a 10-inch cast-iron skillet with olive oil. Add the pizza dough, and press into the shape of the pan. The dough should extend up the sides of the skillet.
2 tbsp olive oil
Add the provolone and mozzarella cheese directly on top of the dough.
6 slices Provolone cheese, 6 slices Mozzarella cheese
Add halved Italian meatballs, sliced mushrooms, and sliced bell peppers.
8 Italian meatballs, 4 ounces cremini mushrooms, 1/4 cup green bell pepper
Pull up the sides of the pizza dough so that it drapes over the rim of the skillet. Ladle Pomodoro Pizza Sauce on top of the ingredients.
Completely and evenly cover the ingredients with sauce.
3 cups Pomodoro Pizza Sauce
Add parmesan cheese on top of the sauce. Fold the draped dough back into the skillet, covering the outside edge of the sauce.
2 tbsp Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 550℉. Reduce the temperature to 450℉ then bake the pizza for 25 minutes.
Remove the pizza, and cool in the skillet for 5 minutes.
Using a pizza knife, carefully lift the pizza from the skillet onto a serving plate.
Cut the pizza into wedges, and serve. This pizza is meant to be eaten with a fork and knife!

Notes

A Chicago-style pizza is made upside down in a skillet. The cheese is on the bottom, and the sauce is on the top. It is meant to be eaten with a fork and knife.

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