Healthy Deep Dish Pizza Recipes

DEEP DISH PIZZA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• For the pizza sauce, melt the butter in a small saucepan and add the onion, salt, red pepper flakes, and oregano, and sauté until golden brown.
• Add the garlic, sugar, and crushed tomatoes, and simmer for roughly 20 minutes or until sauce thickens.
• For the dough, combine the active dry yeast, sugar, and warm water together and let sit for one minute.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, and salt.
• Add the yeast mixture and butter into the dry ingredients and stir until dough forms.
• Bring dough to floured surface and knead until dough forms into a ball.
• Move dough to large bowl drizzled with olive oil. Coat dough in oil and cover. Let rest for 1 hour.
• Remove dough and bring onto floured surface.
• Cut dough in half and begin working dough out, ensuring that it is at least 2 inches (5 cm) wider than your deep dish pan.
• Double wrap the remaining dough with plastic wrap and place in a resealable freezer bag. Freeze for up to a month.
• Preheat your oven to 425°F (215°C).
• Bring your dough into your oiled and floured deep dish pan.
• Using your hands press dough into sides of your dish making it as even as possible.
• Lay slices of mozzarella across the dough, covering the entire bottom.
• Add pieces of uncased italian sausage on top of the mozzarella and top with tomato sauce.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until crust starts to lightly brown and the cheese is melted.
• Garnish with parmesan, cut and serve.
• Enjoy!

HEALTHIER CHICAGO DEEP DISH PIZZA

Steps:

• Make the pizza dough according to the recipe, roll it out so that it is a little wider than the pan you are using. I used a 10 inch diameter spring-form cake tin and it worked perfectly. Put the dough in a greased tin and push the dough up the sides a little.
• Put half your grated cheddar on the bottom and then top with the courgette and bell pepper.
• Top with the marinara and then sprinkle with the extra cheese and the basil.
• Put in a preheated oven at 200°C/400°F/Gas 6 for 20 minutes.
• Allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving to make it easier to cut.

HEALTHY DEEP-DISH PIZZA | ROCCO DISPIRITO

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve the molasses in the warm water
• Sprinkle the yeast over the liquid and let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes Stir the salt into the yeast mixture
• Then stir in the flour until the dough starts to come together
• Turn the dough out onto a work surface that has been sprinkled lightly with flour
• Knead the dough until it becomes smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes
• Place the dough in a large bowl that has been sprayed with olive oil spray; cover it loosely with a clean kitchen towel
• Let the dough sit in a warm place until it has doubled in size, about 1 hour
• Gently punch the dough down
• Spray a 7x11-inch baking sheet with olive oil spray, and then sprinkle it with the cornmeal
• Using your fingertips spread the dough out to completely cover the baking sheet
• Spray the surface of the dough lightly with olive oil spray
• Cover it lightly with plastic wrap, and let it sit in a warm place until the dough has doubled in size, about 30 minutes
• Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat the oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit
• Place the baking sheet on top of the stone, and bake until the crust is golden brown, crunchy, and cooked through, about 12 minutes
• Remove the baking sheet from the oven
• Turn the broiler on high
• Spread the marinara sauce evenly over the crust
• Top the pizza with the mozzarella, mushroom, pepperoni, basil, and cheese
• Place the baking sheet on the pizza stone and broil until the cheese is bubbly and beginning to brown, 5 to 6 minutes
• Cut the pizza into 6 slices, and serve

FAVORITE DEEP-DISH PIZZA

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine wheat flour, 1 cup all-purpose flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Add water and oil; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Press dough onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. , Top with pizza sauce. Place mozzarella slices over sauce. Sprinkle with shredded cheese, oregano and Italian seasoning. If desired, top with red onion and green pepper. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. If desired, top with fresh oregano leaves and crushed red pepper flakes.

HEALTHY DEEP DISH PIZZA

Steps:

• For Crust: Stir water, sugar and yeast together until dissolved. Add the olive oil and the salt. Stir in the flour until well blended. Let dough rise for an hour.
• For Sauce: Mix tomatoes, tomato sauce, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, basil, bay leaf and sugar in a saucepan. Simmer for 30 minutes or longer.
• Pizza: Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Spray Pam or another cooking spray on a 9 inch round baking dish.
• Split whole-wheat dough into two sections, one section larger than the other. Roll out larger (about 1/4 inch thick) section and place in round baking dish. Leave about 1 inch hanging over the sides.
• Roll out smaller dough section (1/4 inch thick) and reserve for the top.
• Fill crust in dish with topping: green pepper, pepperoni, onion, mushrooms, and any other toppings desired. Use enough toppings to fill the dish 3/4 the way full, leave room for the sauce. Top with Mozzarella cheese.
• Pour sauce over the top of vegetables. (Depending on topping all the sauce may not fit in dish.).
• Place remaining crust over the sauce, cheese and topping mixture.
• Trim to fit the shape of the 9-inch dish. Pinch sides together with bottom crust.
• Cut slits in top to create air vents.
• Cook covered with foil for 20 minutes. Remove foil and cook the rest of the way till crust on top is brown and center is warm.
• Cut into pie piece shape and serve. (You may have remaining liquid at bottom from vegetables, just spoon out into sink to prevent the crust from getting soggy.).