Uno's Cheese and Tomato Deep Dish Pizza

Chiara Manni
Mom of one human and one furry baby. Career in tech in the California Bay Area, but born and raised in Italy. Foodie at heart.
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Updated: 7/28/2020

Pizza dough, tomato sauce and mozzarella are layered in a springform pan for deep-dish dinner.

Although traditional Chicago pizza has all the cheese on the bottom, we divided it between the top and the bottom. Use your favorite pizza crust recipe or purchase dough from a local pizzeria. You'll have some sauce left over.

Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 55 minutes
Serves: 8 Save

Ingredients (16)

  • Chunky Tomato Sauce:
  • 1 (28-ounce) can crushed or diced tomatoes (the chunkier the better)
  • 2 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 2 tablespoon red wine
  • 2 teaspoon Italian seasoning or 2 tablespoons fresh, chopped Italian herbs
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon dried onion
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon Freshly ground pepper to taste
  • Pizza:
  • 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 16 ounce pizza dough (at room temperature)
  • 4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella, divided
  • 3/4 cup chunky tomato sauce
  • 2 tablespoon freshly grated Romano cheese
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano

Directions

  1. To prepare sauce, combine all ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer about 10 minutes. Let cool. For the deep-dish recipe, you will have sauce left over.
  2. To prepare pizza, preheat oven to 400F.
  3. Pour oil into a 10-inch round, deep-dish pan or springform pan. Place dough in the center of pan and work dough from the center outward, pressing to cover bottom of pan and halfway up sides. Prick with a fork. Bake crust in oven about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let to cool 10 minutes.
  4. Spread 2 cups mozzarella cheese on crust, top with 3/4 cup tomato sauce. Sprinkle remaining 2 cups mozzarella cheese, Romano cheese and oregano on top. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, rotating pizza every 15 minutes. The crust should be golden brown, and the cheese should be bubbling. Remove from oven and let cool 3 minutes. Remove pizza from pan using a spatula, cut and serve.

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