Chicago deep dish pizza

This recipe was developed by Chef Kevin Kontny at the University of Wisconsin Madison during one of our product trainings.

Yield: 1 pizza
Servings: 8
Serving size: 1 slice

Ingredients

Pizza dough
1.5 quarts all-purpose flour
1.5 cups water
1 tablespoon + 1.5 teaspoons yeast, instant dry
1 tablespoon + 1.5 teaspoons sugar
1.5 teaspoons iodized salt

Pizza sauce
3 tablespoons yellow onion, diced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon basil, chopped
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 teaspoons wine, cabernet sauvignon
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/8 teaspoon ground oregano
5 ounces diced tomatoes in juice
5 ounces tomato puree
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 1/8 teaspoons sugar

Pizza
Pizza dough, prepared
10 ounce NUMU cheese
12 ounces Impossible meatballs, pre-roasted at 400 degrees for 10 minutes
4 ounces Tofurky pepperoni, pre-roasted at 400 degrees for 10 minutes
14 ounces pizza sauce
4 ounce yellow onion, julienned, sautéed
4 ounces green peppers, julienned, sautéed
4 ounces portabella mushrooms, gills removed, julienned, sautéed
2 ounces canola oil
1 ounce nutritional yeast

Preparation

1. Make the pizza dough – Mix water, yeast and sugar. Let mixture develop for 10 minutes. Water temperature should be about 110 degrees.
2. Add flour to bowl. Add water mixture, salt, olive oil and Italian seasoning to flour.
3. Mix on low with dough hook for 7 minutes. Let the dough rise until doubled (about one hour).
4. Punch down and stretch to desired pan size. Let rest 5 minutes.
5. Make pizza sauce – Sauté onions, garlic, basil and olive oil in steam kettle. Add wine, pepper, Italian seasoning and oregano to vegetables and reduce 5-10 minutes.
6. Add diced tomatoes, tomato puree, water, salt and sugar to the vegetable mixture and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Reserve.
7. Make the pizza – Oil a 10-inch springform pan with a pastry brush.
8. Roll out prepared pizza dough into a 14-inch circle.
9. Lay prepared pizza dough circle into the oiled spring form pan. press dough into bottom, sides and rolled over the top of the spring form pan.
10. Press NUMU cheese into the dough.
11. Layer meatballs and pepperoni onto the cheese layer
12. Layer sautéed vegetables on top of meatballs and pepperoni
13. Top with house made pizza sauce all the way to the top of the pan. Top with 1 ounce nutritional yeast.
14. Bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes.
15. Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes.
16. Release spring form pan and remove pizza from the pan. Cut into 8 slices.