Spicy Chicago Deep Dish Pizza - La Cooquette Food

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: provolone cheese

Part-skim mozzarella reduces fat while provolone is often less expensive.

Italian sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Turkey sausage is leaner, while ground beef can be more affordable.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point, and canola is often cheaper.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free while pecorino is often less costly.

Prepare the pizza dough by mixing flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar, yeast, warm water, melted butter, and room temperature butter until a dough forms.

Knead the dough until smooth and let it rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 475°F (245°C).

Prepare two 9-inch deep dish pizza pans by greasing them with olive oil and dusting with cornmeal.

Roll out the pizza dough to fit each pan, pressing it into the bottom and up the sides.

For the sauce, combine crushed tomatoes, canned tomato sauce, oregano, basil, minced garlic, grated onion, sugar, Tabasco sauce, salt, and pepper in a bowl; mix well.

Layer shredded mozzarella cheese evenly across the bottom of the dough in each pan.

Spread the sauce mixture over the cheese layer in each pan.

Top with chorizo and grilled chicken.

Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes until crust is golden and cheese is bubbling.

Remove from oven and let cool for 5-10 minutes before slicing.

Serve hot and enjoy your spicy Chicago deep dish pizza.

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