Several weeks ago, I had the brilliant idea to emulate Michele’s version of a Chicago-style deep dish pizza. And while her version is a true deep dish, single crust pizza, I decided to push the limits and go for a double crust version. Since we are all about the bread in this house, what could be better than two layers of crust instead of one?
I gathered my homemade pizza dough, cheese, leftover roasted vegetables, marinara sauce and got to work.
First, line the spring form pan with pizza dough:
Lay in my homemade ricotta cheese:
Add leftover roasted broccoli to make it a bit healthier (yes, I said that with a straight face), and mozzarella cheese:
Top with the other layer of dough, crimp and seal the edges, and top with marinara sauce:
Bake at 450 degrees for about 40 minutes - and behold! A stunning creation:
The only problem I ran into? I should have left the pizza in for about 15 minutes longer and lowered the heat to allow the crust to cook a bit more thoroughly. I think next time I will try pre-cooking the bottom crust first – epicurious.com has a fantastic version on their site, click here to check out their method. Otherwise, this is a carb-lover’s idea of paradise and definitely worth trying again.
Oh my …….I have to make something like this soon. I wish I could get my family to eat broccoli. I’m busy thinking of all kinds of fillings now. Did you use your springform pan? I once saw special deep dish pizza pans at Williams Sonoma but figured there was something else you could use in place of that. This looks delicious Megan!!
By: Kim on November 8, 2009
at 8:38 am
So basically I need this in my life. Immediately. I am such a HUGE crust fun and yours looks so plentiful and delicious. Plus HOMEMADE RICOTTA – amazing!!
By: Joanne on November 8, 2009
at 9:43 am
Looks yummy though! I think it is so difficult to get dough to cook throughout, especially when doing deep dish.
By: Unplanned Cooking on November 8, 2009
at 12:46 pm
Looks delicious. I love broccoli more than words can express! Even on a single-crust pizza, if the crust is kind of thick, I prebake it a little bit.
By: Jill on November 8, 2009
at 1:41 pm
Yum! I haven’t had deep-dish pizza in ages, what a wonderfully carbalicious meal.
By: Margot on November 8, 2009
at 2:41 pm
Oh, you have a nice blog here, I thought that you had only The Brownie Project
, great pizza recipe, I think my blog need a pizza recipe also 
xxx
By: Pam on November 8, 2009
at 3:01 pm
That looks amazing! I made deep-dish pizza a few weeks ago, but wasn’t brave enough to try the double crust. I like the idea of doing a healthier filling- I’ll also admit that I loaded mine with all my favorite unhealthy pizza toppings… Thanks for the Epicurious link, I’ll have to try it out next time I make pizza.
By: Jen T. on November 8, 2009
at 3:15 pm
Wow, what an incredible looking pizza!
By: Erin on November 8, 2009
at 4:24 pm
I love homemade pizza but I’ve never attempted one like this. It looks ridiculously good! I’ll check out the link from epicurious you included and no doubt I’ll be attempting this soon!
By: Tracey on November 8, 2009
at 4:30 pm
I’ve made deep dish, single crust==but never double crust. Sounds amazing.
By: Wendy on November 8, 2009
at 8:52 pm
I love stuffed pizza. Yours looks outstanding!
By: Michele on November 8, 2009
at 11:21 pm
MMm that looks delicious! I MUST try it. I have been reading your blog for months and I really enjoy it. Cheers!
By: Hope on November 8, 2009
at 11:48 pm
That pizza is a thing of beauty–Wow! Great job, I am licking my lips as I look at it.
By: DebinHawaii on November 9, 2009
at 12:53 am
Perhaps if you came to Chicago to visit me, we could sample the real thing….
By: Jules on November 9, 2009
at 8:56 am
What a great idea! Very creative.
By: Natashya on November 9, 2009
at 12:03 pm
Oh goodness…this looks unbelievable. I am a bread lover so this is dangerous…
By: Kelly D on November 10, 2009
at 3:21 pm
WOW. I have never seen such an amazingly delicious looking pizza. A carb lovers dream! SWOON!
By: juju73 on November 11, 2009
at 8:53 am
OH MY goodness! So SO good!
By: Noelle on November 16, 2009
at 9:46 pm