Leo Spizzirri’s Chicago Deep Dish Cheese Pizza

Instructions

• 1

  Place the sauce ingredients in sauté pan and set over medium-high heat. Cook sauce until warmed through and just starting to bubble. Allow sauce to cool.

• 2

  Prepare pizza pan with generous coating of vegetable margarine.

• 3

  Using a rolling pin, stretch the dough ball by rolling and turning into a circle smaller than the pizza pan. Place on the parchment paper lined pizza pan, cover with another piece of parchment paper and rest for 1 hour.

• 4

  Preheat the Smart Oven® Pizzaiolo on the Pan setting. Turn the Darkness dial to the Lighter setting and select 18 minutes on the Timer dial. This can take up to 20 minutes.

• 5

  Once the oven has preheated, place dough into the pan taking care to remove any air bubbles from under dough. Dough should lay evenly onto pan. Use your fingers to press dough up the sides of pan to make it stick.

• 6

  Place mozzarella inside of pan on top of dough. (If adding any extra toppings, place them on top of mozzarella before adding sauce). Evenly spread 6 oz of the pizza sauce on top of the mozzarella. Sprinkle parmesan on top of sauce.

  Tip: The remaining pizza sauce can be stored in the refrigerator. Use within 3 to 5 days.
• 7

  Cook the pizza for 18 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.

• 8

  Cut the pizza into slices and serve.