CHICAGO STYLE DEEP DISH PIZZA:


Pizza base:
prep time -1 1/2 hr
serves -3 or 4
cuisine -western

Ingredients:

water -250ml(1 cup)
olive oil -5tsp
all purpose flour -6cups
salt -1tsp
sugar-1/2tsp
yeast -7 gr packet
(quick raise)


How to make:

1.Take warm water add yeast,sugar,salt and a cup of all purpose flour and mix.stand covered for 10mins.
2.Now mix the yeast mixture with 5 cups of flour and 5 tsp of olive oil.Knead the dough for 3-4 mins till soft.
3.cover it with wet cloth and rest for 1 hr in warm place where we ferment our curd.After 1 hr knead again ,for 3mins and rest for 30min.
4.Take a big lump of dough ,pat or roll into a pizza base .Use dry flour to dust if required.
5.Now take non stick pan spread the pizza dough on that pan add pizza sauce as required (about 1/2 cup),add mozzarella cheese then add toppings what ever you want (jalapeno peppers,chicken,olives,onion,tomato,mushrooms,etc...). Now cook this pan with pizza on slow flame until pizza starts to cook(about 5 min).Turn off the flame.
6.Now bake in a hot oven at 450 -475 F,till base is crisp and light.

(Tip: Use non stick pan for pizza base preparation ,no need to buy pizza stone.
Take a fork make holes on pizza base to prevent the aeration fom happening toomuch.)

Pizza sauce:

prep time -30 min

Ingredients:

olive oil -3tsp
butter -3tbsp
capsicum (bell pepper)-3 large
chopped garlic -3
clove pepper powder -pinch(optional)
onion -1/4 cup(optional)
salt -1tsp
Tomatoes -4 big tomatoes (first boil 4 tomatoes then peel off ,prepare 2 tomatoes as puree by placing water and tomatoes in blender then cut other 2 tomatoes as small pieces)
whole basil -1tsp
whole oregano/marzaram -1tsp
funnel seeds -1/4 tsp(optional)

How to make:

1.saute garlic in olive oil add bell pepper,onion and saute for few more sec,add chopped tomato (2),puree of fresh tomatoes(2),salt and pinch of sugar,oregano,basil and cook till soft and juices evaporate into right consistency.
2.Add crushed pepper,funnel seeds cook for another 2 mins.
3.Now pizza sauce is ready to use .

(Tip:
Toppings:
mozzarella cheese,jalapeno peppers,chicken,olives,onion,tomato,mushrooms,etc...
Sprinkle dry red chilli flakes on top of pizza for extrahotness before you eat. )

1 comment:

Madhu said...

I live in Chicago and love Chicago style deep dish pizza. I tried this recipe and it came out good. The taste was fantastic.