Chicago style pizza
Chicago style pizza recipe in the pizza category
Recipe ingredients:
- Dough:
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 1/4 cups warm water
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Topping:
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 12 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 lb. ground beef, crumbled, cooked
- 1/4 lb. italian sausage, crumbled, cooked
- 1/4 lb. pork sausage, crumbled, cooked
- 1/2 cup pepperoni, diced
- 1/2 cup canadian bacon, diced
- 1/2 cup ham, diced
- 1/4 lb. mushrooms, sliced
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, seeded, sliced
- 2 oz. grated parmesan cheese
Recipe method:
- Sprinkle yeast and sugar into warm water in small bowl.
- Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
- Mix flour, cornmeal, oil and salt in a large bowl.
- Make a well in the center and add yeast mixture.
- Stir to form a soft dough, adding more flour if necessary.
- Turn onto a floured board and knead until dough is supple and elastic, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Transfer to a large bowl.
- Cover and let rise in a warm spot until dough has doubled, about 1 hour.
- Punch down.
- Roll dough to a 13 inch circle.
- Transfer to an oiled 12 inch pizza pan, folding the excess over to make a small rim.
- Spread with pizza sauce.
- Sprinkle with all but a handful of the mozzarella cheese.
- Sprinkle with meats and vegetables.
- Top with remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
- Let rise in a warm spot about 25 minutes.
- Heat oven to 475 degrees F.
- Bake pizza until crust is golden, about 25 minutes.
- Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.
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