Cast Iron Skillet Deep Dish Pizza Recipe

How to make it

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• Dough
• Mix flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar, and yeast in bowl of stand mixer fitted with dough hook on low speed until incorporated, about 1 minute.
• Add water and melted butter and mix on low speed until fully combined, 1 to 2 minutes, scraping sides and bottom of bowl occasionally
• Increase speed to medium and knead until dough is glossy and smooth and pulls away from sides of bowl, 4 to 5 minutes
• Coat large bowl with 1 teaspoon olive oil, rubbing excess oil from fingers onto blade of rubber spatula
• Using oiled spatula, transfer dough to bowl, turning once to oil top; cover tightly with plastic wrap
• Let rise at room temperature until nearly doubled in volume, 45 to 60 minutes
• Using rubber spatula, turn dough out onto dry work surface and roll into 15- by 12-inch rectangle
• Using offset spatula, spread softened butter over surface of dough, leaving 1/2-inch border along edges
• Starting at short end, roll dough into tight cylinder. With seam side down, flatten cylinder into 18- by 4-inch rectangle
• Cut about 1/4 of the rectangle crosswise. (This small ball can be used for another small pizza. Just flatten into a disc, wrap tightly in plastic, and throw it in the freezer.)
• Working with the bigger ball, fold into thirds like a business letter; pinch seams together to form ball
• Return ball to oiled bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap, and let rise in refrigerator until nearly doubled in volume, 40 to 50 minutes, or up to 6 hours
• Assembling pizza
• Preheat oven to 475
• Coat 12 inch cast iron skillet with 3 tablespoons olive oil
• Transfer the dough ball to dry work surface and roll out into 15-inch disk about 1/4 inch thick
• Transfer dough to pan by rolling dough loosely around rolling pin and unrolling into pan
• Lightly press dough into pan, working into corners and 1 inch up sides
• If dough resists stretching, let it relax 5 minutes before trying again.
• Cut the mozzarella into strips and spread evenly over surface of dough. Add sausage
• Spread tomato sauce over sausage
• Sprinkle Parmesan over sauce
• Bake until crust is golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes
• Remove pizza from oven and let rest at least 10 minutes