I bought my cast iron skillet a couple weeks ago, and have been looking for multiple uses of it. I came across Ally's blog for Culinary infatuation and she has made several cast iron pizzas that look delicious! I cheated and bought already made pizza dough from Trader Joe's...hey it only cost less than $1.50 for already made pizza dough. Ally does give a great recipe for deep pizza dough...which I should have done, but I wanted to make dinner in 30 minutes or less. It came out looking soooo good, but I really wanted a crispier crust...which I neglected to pre-cook the dough crust for 5 minutes before putting all my wonderful toppings.
I'm going to make this again using the pizza dough recipe, homemade pizza is always such a treat because you pick your toppings and how much you want on it. :::nom nom nom:::
Deep Dish Skillet Pizza adapted from Culinary Infatuation
Deep Dish Pizza
Toppings:
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
Havarti cheese, sliced finely - about 3 to 4 slices
1/2 cup Quattro formaggio shredded cheese
1 Tbs. dried oregano
pepperoni slices, about a handful
1 to 2 Italian sausage (sliced)
1/2 cup or more pizza sauce* I used leftover tomato soup*
2 Tbs. red onion, diced finely
2 Tbs. red and green bell peppers, diced
2 Tbs. fresh chopped basil
Preparation:
Grease your cast iron skillet and preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Roll dough into a rectangle and using hands make the closest to a circle with the dough as you can using your fists.
Transfer dough to a large cast iron skillet.
Spread dough around the skillet and up the sides. Make it as even as possible.
Layer the marinara and dried oregano and spread spread evenly with a spoon.
Add pepperoni & sausages and then top with the remaining cheese and basil.
Cook on bottom rack for 15 minutes, then transfer to the top rack for about 5-10 minutes so the cheese gets nice and bubbly brown.
Let pizza rest about 10 minutes and cut into slices with a pizza cutter. You're going to need a fork & knife, too!
HG Special Salad Adapted from Hungry Girl
**I omitted the cup of chicken from the original recipe, since I wanted a simple salad.**
Ingredients:
3 cups of romaine lettuce, chopped
1 roma tomato, chopped
1/4 cup of cucumber, chopped
1/4 cup of sliced carrots
1 Tbsp. red onion, chopped fine
1 Tbsp. canned chickapeas, drained
1 Tbsp. canned corn, drained
1 Tbsp. canned beets, drained & chopped
1/4 shredded parmesan cheese *I used mozzarella cheese since I had shredded so much for the pizza*
*added 1.5 Tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive oil & a drizzle of balsamic vinegar*
*Salt & freshly ground pepper to taste.*
Add all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. I love the beets in this salad, it gives a great flavor!
