Simple Deep Dish Pizza
A healthy and easy Simple Deep Dish Pizza topped with roasted veggies, ready in 45 minutes.
Equipment
- Cast Iron Skillet
Ingredients
Pizza Base
- ½ batch pizza dough recipe or sub store-bought
- ¾ - 1 cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup mixed veggies such as cherry tomatoes, eggplant, onion, green pepper, mushroom
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 - 1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese or dairy-free mozzarella
- to taste Italian seasonings dried basil, oregano, thyme, red pepper, etc.
- to taste grated parmesan cheese optional
- to taste fresh basil optional
Instructions
Preparation
- Prepare pizza dough (half batch only) and sauce if using homemade.
- If roasting veggies, preheat oven to broil, toss veggies in olive oil on a baking sheet, and broil for 4-6 minutes, tossing once for even cooking.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (232 C).
- Coat a 10-inch cast iron skillet with olive oil and run a garlic clove around for seasoning.
- Place the dough in the pan, pushing it up the sides about 1 to 1.5 inches.
- Let dough rest while preparing toppings.
- Sprinkle in half of mozzarella cheese, add veggies, then sauce. Top with remaining mozzarella, Italian seasonings, and parmesan.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until crust is golden and cheese is bubbly. Let rest for 5-10 minutes before serving.
Notes
You can sub 1 store-bought crust for the ½ batch homemade. Method adapted from Emeril Lagassi. To keep it dairy-free, use non-dairy cheese like Daiya mozzarella.
Nutrition
Serving: 1two-slice servingCalories: 314kcalCarbohydrates: 48.1gProtein: 12.7gFat: 8.4gSaturated Fat: 3.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.84gMonounsaturated Fat: 3.66gTrans Fat: 0.16gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 326mgPotassium: 600mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6.9gVitamin A: 926IUVitamin C: 12.06mgCalcium: 181.74mgIron: 2.05mg
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