Best Deep Dish Pizza Yet - Heavy Q'View

[Smokin' in AZ]

Decided to do a Deep Dish pizza again by request from my wife, which is unusual as she never liked deep dish until now....

Cold proofed the pizza dough for 3 days then brought out to room temp for 2 hours. I saw a recipe that said to add 1 1/2 teaspoons of italian seasoning, and 2 tablespoons of parmesan cheese.

Here are the ingredients: Tomato sauce, rosemary, basil, italian seasoning, sauteed mushrooms and carmelized onions, turkey pepperoni, fresh bell peppers, italian sausage grilled and sliced, and LOTS of shredded mozzarella cheese.

Added the sauce and spices to the dough along with the shredded cheese, pepperoni, and sausage for a first layer.

Then added the peppers, shrooms, and onions...to finish off the first layer.

Second layer, more sauce and spices.

Then cheese, sausage and pepperoni, added to the second layer.

Added peppers, onions, pepperoni, and of course more cheese!

Onto the grill indirect heat @400 degrees.

20 minutes in lookin' really good....

Couple of minutes later removed from grill and put it in the house to cool for a few minutes.

Then out onto the cutting board for cutting.

Gotta love this side view of this puppy! Now that's a PIZZA!!!!

Corner pieces cut (sorry guys) and plated with a SMALL salad.

And the money shot.

Warned you it was heavy on the pics!

Hope you all enjoyed it as much as Sue and I did for 3 meals......

Stay Safe out there!

John

 

[sawhorseray]

Wow, that's some monster of a pizza pie John, looks like it's got a real nice load of meat on too, Like! When I make a pizza I'll usually vac-seal a couple of slices for the freezer. I don't like eating the same thing too many nights in a row, and it's always handy to have around for a quick thaw and micro-zap. RAY

 

[TNJAKE]

Looks delicious john. No corners left? How rude

 

[xray]

That’s one delicious look pizza there papa John!

I think you need to start making round pies so Jake and I don’t fight over the corners. Makes it fair for everyone.

 

[Brokenhandle]

That's another great looking pizza john! I like that "papa john"! Can't believe you still had to have a salad with all the veggies on that pizza.

Ryan

 

[MJB05615]

Looks totally awesome John! How heavy is each piece? I'm guessing 3-4 pounds? LOL. Definitely my kind of pie. Glad to see you back in action.

Mike

 

[Ishi]

Nice looking pizza pie!

 

[Blues1]

Good lookin' pie right there!

 

[thirdeye]

So, it could be argued that you like to cut corners?

I think one sign of a good deep dish pizza is the right ingredients in a proper order, and the other is getting that pie out of the pan, although I've seen some really saucy ones served in the pan. You nailed both of those.

 

[chopsaw]

Nice work John . Couple pieces of that I'd be stuffed . How you like the fermented dough ?

 

[jcam222]

That’s one fine deep dish pie!! I do love corners too!

 

[one eyed jack]

Great looking pizza John. How did you get it out of the pan without it getting messed up? Did it just slide right out?

 

[noboundaries]

John, UDAPIEMASTER! Wow, great looking pizza. Like!

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

Looks like a hefty pizza mmmm. Kind posting the dough recipe? I have the pizza kit for my ketttle but my biggest issue is getting the dough to not stick to the stone. Costs me about 18%of my pizzas turning into pizzones or fold overs haha. But your dough looks like it came out of the pan perfect

 

[gmc2003]

Most excellent looking pie John. I'll suffer and take the middle slice.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[tx smoker]

Damn John...what can I say that hasn't already been said? That just looks amazing!! I was gonna do something similar last night but Tracy, unlike Sue, decided that she wanted a hefty meat salad, so that's what we had. Planning on this tonight though. Great job buddy!!

Robert

 

[Steve H]

Fantastic looking pizza John. Big big like!

 

[smokerjim]

That is a good looking pizza John

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Papa John strikes again! Beautiful pie my friend. I think you have mastered the deep dish. What is next NY or Detroit style?

 

[HalfSmoked]

Yes sir why not. Very nice looking pie there guy.

Warren