Deep Dish Pepperoni Pizza Recipe

1      Reviews by:    Kathy Castor   Deep Dish Pepperoni Pizza Recipe creates a made from scratch delicious deep dish pizza using mozzarella cheese, sliced olives, pepperoni, Parmesan cheese, deep dish pizza dough and tomato mushroom sauce. Food Category:    Pizza Cuisine Origin:    Midwestern    Servings:8 Calories per Serving:494 Print Preview Rate This Recipe Prep Time:   1 Hour 20 Minutes Cook Time:   30 Minutes Total Time:   1 Hour 50 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 4 cups (1 lb) shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 can (2 1/4 oz) sliced ripe olives, well drained
• 2 1/2 cups (about 1/2 lb) thinly sliced pepperoni
• 2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• Deep Dish Pizza Dough (search recipes)
• Tomato Mushroom Sauce (search recipes)

DIRECTIONS

• Prepare Deep-Dish Pizza Dough and let it rise. While dough rises, make Tomato Mushroom Sauce, then set it aside.
• Preheat oven to 450° F. Grease a 14-inch deep-dish pizza pan (about 2 inches deep). Roll dough out on a floured surface to about a 14-inch circle. Use your hands to pat and stretch dough to fit into pan, pressing it against sides of pan to reach top edge.
• Sprinkle half the mozzarella cheese over bottom of dough. Add olives in an even layer, then pepperoni. Spread evenly with sauce. Cover with remaining mozzarella cheese, then sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake on lowest rack of oven until crust browns well and cheese is richly browned (25 to 30 minutes). Cut into wedges and serve at once.

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