Deep Dish Pizza

🥗Ingredients

• 3cupsAll-purpose flour
• 100gButter
• 7gYeast
• 1cupWarm water
• 400gMozzarella cheese
• 500gItalian sausage
• 400gCrushed tomatoes
• 3clovesGarlic
• 1tspDried oregano
• 1/2cupParmesan cheese

📝Instructions

1. 1

   Dissolve yeast in warm water with a pinch of sugar. Let sit for 10 minutes until foamy.

2. 2

   Mix flour and melted butter, add yeast mixture and knead into a soft dough. Rest for 1 hour.

3. 3

   Brown the Italian sausage in a pan, breaking it into pieces. Drain excess fat.

4. 4

   Make sauce by simmering crushed tomatoes with minced garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper for 15 minutes.

5. 5

   Press dough into a greased deep cake tin, pushing it up the sides to form a crust.

6. 6

   Layer sliced mozzarella on the bottom, then the cooked sausage.

7. 7

   Spread tomato sauce over the top and sprinkle with Parmesan.

8. 8

   Bake at 220C for 30-35 minutes until the crust is golden and cheese is bubbling.