Chicago Pan Pizza Recipe

Chicago Pan Pizza Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups warm water
2 pkgs. dry yeast
1/2 cup oil
4 tbsps. of olive oil
3 cups of flour
1/2 cup of cornmeal (optional)
Mozzarella cheese (slices or shredded)
Tomato sauce

For Toppings:

Chopped garlic
green peppers
sliced pepperoni
Italian sweet sausage
sliced mushrooms
chopped onions

Directions:

Oven should be preheated to around 475′ F. In an electric bread mixer, combine warm water, yeast and half a cup of the oil. Continue mixing for about 10 mins. Then add in 2 1/2 cups flour and mix again for about 15 mins using the dough hook on the mixer. Let dough rest for it to rise covered inside a bowl with cloth or towel and put in a warm location.

If your kitchen isn’t warm then turn your oven on its lowest temperature setting. Put inside the oven your bowl containing the pizza dough for rising. Allow at least 1 hour for rising. After an hour, punch your dough down. On a pizza pan, push dough flat on the pan using your own fingers.

Sprinkle mozzarella and spread the tomato sauce (which contains spices and the italian herbs). Top with the green peppers, chopped up garlic, italian sausage, onions and mushrooms or anything that you like to add. Put grated parmesan or romano cheese on the top and then bake in your oven for about 15-20 mins at about 475′ F. Cooking time should depend on how thick your crust is and on the toppings that you put.