Uno’s Deep Pan Pizza



Ingredients
—CRUST—
1 cup warm tap water (110-115 degrees)
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
3 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup coarse cornmeal, ground
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
—FILLING—
1 pound mozzarella, sliced
1 pound sausage, removed from the casing,
crumbled
1 cn whole tomatos, drained and coarsely
crushed
2 each garlic cloves, minced
3 teaspoon dried oregano OR 5 fresh basil leaves,
shredded
4 tablespoon parmesan chesse, fresh, grated
Directions:

Pour the warm water into a large mixing bowl and
dissolve the yeast with a fork.
Add 1 cup of flour, all of the
cornmeal, salt, and vegetable oil.
Mix well with a spoon.
Continue
stirring in the rest of the flour 1/2 cup at a time, until the
dough comes away from the sides of the bowl.
Flour your hands and
the work surface and kneed the ball of dough until it is no longer
sticky.

Let the dough rise in an oiled bowl, sealed with plastic wrap, for
45 to 60 minutes in a warm place, until it is doubled in bulk.
Punch it down and kneed it briefly.
Press it into an oiled 15 inch
deep dish pizza pan, until it comes 2 inches up the sides and is
even on the bottom of the pan.
Let the dough rise 15-20 minutes
before filling.

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees.

While the dough is rising, prepare the filling.
Cook the crumbled
sausage until it is no longer pink, drain it of it’s excess fat.
Drain and chop the tomatos.
When the dough has finished its second
rising, lay the cheese over the dough shell.
Then distribute the
sausage and garlic over the cheese.
Top with the tomatos.
Sprinkle
on the seasonings and parmesan cheese.

Bake for 15 minutes at 500 degrees.
Then lower the temperature to
400 degrees and bake for 25 to 35 minutes longer.
Lift up a section
of the crust from time to time with a spatula to check on its
color.
The crust will be golden brown when done.
Serve
immediately.

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