Making home made "deep dish" pizza, with SunnyD (It's DONE!)

[SunnyD]

Figured I'd share. Already made the dough about an hour ago. Mixed whole wheat/white wheat flour. Sauce was made, little sugar, basil and oregano along with Contadina organic canned tomato sauce.

So I'll catch you up - it's in the oven right now.

Naked with sauce. I actually forgot to fork the dough before I put the sauce on, but remedied that quickly.

Add the cheese...

And the toppings. Precooked the bacon slightly (Turkey Bacon) so as to make sure it crisps up nicely in the oven.

Currently in the oven @ 475F for about 22 minutes total. I'll be checking shortly.

22 minutes later:
It's ready!

Not "terribly" deep dish, but it's what I got.

Enjoy!

 

[Barfo]

Nice, could use more toppings though.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Barfo
Nice, could use more toppings though.

Impromptu... don't have terribly much in the house for pizza toppings at the moment. Plus I am catering to the kids (which would probably rather just have cheese anyway).

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

so if you have one kid with wheat allergies and the other has lactose intolerance, who's eating the pizza?

 

[DamnRena]

Looks good, smeels great, got the Sunny D, now what? naked strippers?!?!?!?!?

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
so if you have one kid with wheat allergies and the other has lactose intolerance, who's eating the pizza?

I have a second pizza made on store-bought wheat/gluten free pizza crust with dairy-free cheese. You'll be seeing it in the next pic shortly.

 

[mesthead21]

NOM NOM NOM

 

[SunnyD]

And it's ready! (2 more pix in the op)

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
so if you have one kid with wheat allergies and the other has lactose intolerance, who's eating the pizza?

I have a second pizza made on store-bought wheat/gluten free pizza crust with dairy-free cheese. You'll be seeing it in the next pic shortly.

Interesting, my brother has lactose intol. and mild celiac. What brands did you use?

 

[TecHNooB]

:thumbsup:

 

[Barfo]

Looks yummy, I'll have some pizza this week

 

[xanis]

Looks good! :thumbsup:

I love making my own pizza. It's actually very easy and pretty cheap.

 

[Ronstang]

Have you ever cleaned those pans?

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Have you ever cleaned those pans?

lol, good question

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: TecHNooB

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Have you ever cleaned those pans?

lol, good question

Yes, every use. The metal ones get scrubbed as best as possible, but as anyone know - cook anything greasy on an aluminum cookie sheet, and it never comes clean again (without steel wool and a broken arm). The stones get scraped under hot water - you do NOT use soap on a seasoned stone. Discoloration is to be expected.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
so if you have one kid with wheat allergies and the other has lactose intolerance, who's eating the pizza?

lacose intolerance isn't much of a problem if you pop the pills

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: TecHNooB

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Have you ever cleaned those pans?

lol, good question

Yes, every use. The metal ones get scrubbed as best as possible, but as anyone know - cook anything greasy on an aluminum cookie sheet, and it never comes clean again (without steel wool and a broken arm). The stones get scraped under hot water - you do NOT use soap on a seasoned stone. Discoloration is to be expected.

Yep. I had a pan VERY similar to yours... after a few years of use, it looked roughly the same.

 

[oogabooga]

Came out better than I thought it'd be to be honest Not particularly deep dish, but still looks not bad.

 

[alkemyst]

your stovetop looks beat up. That just pieces of something or chips?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: TecHNooB

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Have you ever cleaned those pans?

lol, good question

Yes, every use. The metal ones get scrubbed as best as possible, but as anyone know - cook anything greasy on an aluminum cookie sheet, and it never comes clean again (without steel wool and a broken arm). The stones get scraped under hot water - you do NOT use soap on a seasoned stone. Discoloration is to be expected.

I don't think they realize the deep dish pan is a "stone"

 

[xSauronx]

i love home made pizza. did you make the dough? there are easy ways to get a bigger rise

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Rockinacoustic

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
so if you have one kid with wheat allergies and the other has lactose intolerance, who's eating the pizza?

I have a second pizza made on store-bought wheat/gluten free pizza crust with dairy-free cheese. You'll be seeing it in the next pic shortly.

Interesting, my brother has lactose intol. and mild celiac. What brands did you use?

The cheese is branded Tofutti - soy-based cheese slices. They come in american and mozzarella. They're the only ones we've found which are TRULY dairy free (no Casein).

The pizza crusts we get are branded Kinnikinnick Foods 7 Pizza Crusts. No gluten, no wheat, made from rice flour.

We buy both at Kroger, though they are available at other stores too (usually the specialty stores).

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
your stovetop looks beat up. That just pieces of something or chips?

It's probably a little dirty. My wife was out all day so the kitchen didn't get cleaned at all.

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I don't think they realize the deep dish pan is a "stone"

:laugh: true. I also have a round pizza stone - it has been seasoned and used to a nice molasses brown color (used to be as light as the bar pan).

Originally posted by: xSauronx
i love home made pizza. did you make the dough? there are easy ways to get a bigger rise

Yes. Home made dough from scratch. It also is heavier because of the mixed whole wheat flour, otherwise with bread or pure white flour it would have risen out of the pan with a muffin-top.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: xSauronx
i love home made pizza. did you make the dough? there are easy ways to get a bigger rise

Yes. Home made dough from scratch. It also is heavier because of the mixed whole wheat flour, otherwise with bread or pure white flour it would have risen out of the pan with a muffin-top.

yeah, whole wheat mix has that problem (i make it about 1/3 of the time i make pizza), but changing the ratios of yeast/salt/sugar can give a bigger rise. more yeast, and/or more sugar, and/or less salt will do the trick. my usual dough has a bit less rise than what yours did and i do 1tbl yeast/1 tbl sugar/1 tbl salt to like 1 1/4C water and 3.5 - 4c flour.

i also like thin, crispy crusts sometimes so i ll adjust it that way, as well

 

[oiprocs]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
i love home made pizza. did you make the dough? there are easy ways to get a bigger rise

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