Recipe

Deep Dish Double-deck Pizza Recipe

	Crabhappychick / All my dishes 3 months ago This is a lot of work double-crust -deep-dish pizza that is an all day project...but make a family project out of it and it will be a whole lot of fun. This has been a much requested dinner since the 70's and even today the fam asks for it all the t... More Prep:120m Cook:30m Servings:12	Crabhappych
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Ingredients

3 1/2 cups flour

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 package dry yeast

1 cup warm water

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 cloves garlic

3 tablespoons olive oil

4 cans Italian tomatoes (1lb 12 oz. each), drained, seeded and juice reserved

1 teaspoon basil

1 1/2 teaspoons oregano

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon butter

2 large onions, sliced

salt and pepper, to taste

1 8 ounce can mushroom pieces

1 pound Italian sausage, sweet variety

1 1/2 pounds mozzarella cheese, a good firm one, grated

4 ounces pepperoni slices

Directions

Stir 1st three ingredients together; dissolve yeast in water and add to flour mixture. Stir in oil until dough begins to form a ball. Knead on floured surface for a full ten minutes. Put into greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled; punch down and knead again, let rise another 20 minutes.

Saute garlic in 3 T. oil, add chopped tomatoes and seasonings. Cook until liquid has evaporated and its a nice thick sauce.

Divde dough into 2 parts (1/3-2/3). Roll out larger piece and put into deep dish pizza pan and up sides. Rub with 1 T. olive oil. Spread 1 c. cheese in bottom (or more), scatter cooked sausage evenly over, then mushrooms, then onions, then 1/2 the sauce, then 2 c. cheese.

Roll out remaining dough and place over filling. Brush edges with water and fold inward making edge and crimp top and bottom crusts together. Rub with 1 T. olive oil. Top with rest of sauce, rest of cheese, sprinkle with parmesan then pepperoni.

Bake at 500 for 25-30 minutes until crust is golden.

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