A home-style cast iron deep-dish pizza with a yeasted dough, par-baked crust, sauce, cheese, toppings, and a final finish.
Pasta & Italian-inspired
Cast iron deep dish pizza
Make a cast iron deep-dish pizza at home with this dough and bake sequence.
Ingredients
Dough
Directions
- 1
Start by combining yeast, sugar and water and let it bloom for 5 mins on the side
- 2
Mix flour and salt together
- 3
Add bloomed yeast and olive oil to flour and mix until combined
- 4
Knead for about 10 mins to develop the gluten and let it rest for 30 mins
- 5
Do 3 sets of stretch and folds 30 mins apart
- 6
After the 3rd stretch and fold let the dough rest for 90 mins
- 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
After 90 mins, dimple the dough with fingers, sprinkle olive oil on top and bake for 15 mins at 500 degrees F
- 9
After 15 mins, take the par-baked dough and add pizza sauce, cheese to the edge and your favorite toppings
- 10
Bake for another 10 mins at 500F
- 11
Broil for 2 mins to finish and enjoy!


