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Pasta & Italian-inspired

Cast iron deep dish pizza

Make a cast iron deep-dish pizza at home with this dough and bake sequence.

A home-style cast iron deep-dish pizza with a yeasted dough, par-baked crust, sauce, cheese, toppings, and a final finish.

Ingredients

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Dough

Directions

  1. 1

    Start by combining yeast, sugar and water and let it bloom for 5 mins on the side

  2. 2

    Mix flour and salt together

  3. 3

    Add bloomed yeast and olive oil to flour and mix until combined

  4. 4

    Knead for about 10 mins to develop the gluten and let it rest for 30 mins

  5. 5

    Do 3 sets of stretch and folds 30 mins apart

  6. 6

    After the 3rd stretch and fold let the dough rest for 90 mins

  7. 7

    After 90 mins, add olive oil to a cast iron pan, stretch the dough to the edges and let it rise for another 90 mins

  8. 8

    After 90 mins, dimple the dough with fingers, sprinkle olive oil on top and bake for 15 mins at 500 degrees F

  9. 9

    After 15 mins, take the par-baked dough and add pizza sauce, cheese to the edge and your favorite toppings

  10. 10

    Bake for another 10 mins at 500F

  11. 11

    Broil for 2 mins to finish and enjoy!