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Homemade Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza
Ingredients
  • subheading: For the dough:
  • 3¼ cups (16¼ oz.) all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup (2¾ oz.) yellow cornmeal
  • 1½ tsp table salt
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 2¼ tsp instant or rapid-rise yeast
  • 1¼ cups water (10 oz.), room temperature
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter , melted, plus 4 tablespoons, softened
  • 1 tsp plus 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • subheading: Sauce:
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter
  • ¼ cup grated onion , from 1 medium onion (see note below)
  • ¼ tsp dried oregano
  • Table salt
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced or pressed through garlic press (about 2 teaspoons)
  • 1 (28-oz) can crushed tomatoes
  • ¼ tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp coarsely chopped fresh basil leaves
  • 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • Ground black pepper
  • subheading: Toppings:
  • 1 pound whole-milk or part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded (about 4 cups) (see note below)
  • ½ ounce grated Parmesan cheese (about ¼ cup)
  • Hot or mild Italian sausage, casings removed (optional)
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