19 September 2013
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Baking Double Crust Stuffed Pizza Pie
Between clients and visiting guests, these have been busy days. Still, I manage to find some time to get into the kitchen and cook. This evening it was an attempt at double-crust stuffed pizza pie.
Unlike “deep dish” pizzas, which are single-crust pizzas with a very thick layer of toppings, a double crust stuffed pizza has the first layer of crust topped with all the normal pizza toppings minus the sauce, wrapped with a second layer of crust. The sauce, a bit drier and chunkier than normal, is put over the top crust and then the pie is baked. I first tried this style of pizza in the San Francisco Bay Area at Zachary’s and Little Star.
In addition to making my own crust, using Tipo 00 flour from Italy and some rosemary from my garden, I made my own sauce, cooked some spinach, and cooked some mushrooms, draining them so there wouldn’t be too much extra liquid.
After placing the bottom layer of dough in a cake tin, I added alternating layers of the ingredients: cheese, spinach, mushrooms, and pepperoni.
This video shows me adding the second crust, tucking it in, and adding the sauce. The only part of the pizza that was a problem was too much crust along the sides. In the future, I think I would cut the top dough to fit and just pinch the seams closed instead of having an overlap and folding the pieces together.
The end result was beautiful. The crusts were crisp, the interior ingredients were a cheesy mass, and the slightly spicy sauce cut through the richness of the fillings.
Comments (17)
Strange…..Because…..Well, the way I’ve had this (No I didn’t make it, but have had it, the sauce was added first, then the filling, the second crust, and sauce…..
Either way, they’re going to be good…No getting around that, lol!!
Interesting – I suppose you could add sauce inside, too. I’ve just always had it with sauce only on the top. My thought was that sauce on the inside might lead to a soggy bottom crust.
Looks great. It’s not even 11am and my mouth is watering.
Time for lunch! I think pizza may be called for.
now that is a pie! do ya’all have Uno Pizza over there?
Nope, no uno. All of our pizza places are Italian style, thin crust, with the exception of the chains like Pizza Hut.
It looks very good. The video didn’t show up here although it was in your other blog.
Hmmm… strange that the video didn’t show up. Will have to check into that.
I’m drooling. I haven’t had pizza in a long time. I think this weekend I’m going to have to breakdown and get some! You are such a good cook! (BTW congrats on the new business venture and being your own boss)
Thank you. We’ll see how long it lasts. Looks like I will receive an offer for a full-time position next week so maybe need to rethink being my own boss.
Oh my god, that looks and sounds mouth-wateringggggg. I want to eat it now.
Glad it had such a strong impact on you.
Your pizza truly looks delicious.
Thank you!
Are you still going to live in Thailand?
That’s the plan. Why?
i think you just beat chicago with the thickness of your pizza.