Homemade Pepperoni Cheese Pizza thick edge crust recipe for the family. Easy and great weekend lunch or dinner for family and kids.
Homemade Pepperoni Cheese Pizza
A delicious family homemade pepperoni cheese pizza with thick crust recipe for a supper or dinner or even a lunch. Oven bake as well as a stove top prebake for the crust, before placing in the oven to bake. Italian cuisine with mozzarella cheese and parmesan and pepperoni topped with Italian spices. Simple and not complicated but easy and delicious for the family and kids. A weekend type of food for any meal with salads or sauce.
What is the thick pizza called?
Chicago style pizza with thick crusts and raised edges to keep in the sauces from the pizza and are also know as a deep dish pizza. This one is cooked in a cast iron pan to keep the crust shape.
What is the word for the edge of pizza?
Cornicione, an Italian word, describes the raised edge of a pizza.
Does pepperoni go under cheese on pizza?
It is said to put the pepperoni cuts or slices on top of the cheese as when getting baked the hot oven will make the pepperoni to leak some fat and then it will crisp them. If they are placed under the cheese they will make the base soggy. That’s if you using a lot of pepperoni. But its ok to add a little cheese on top of that.
What is the best cheese blend for pepperoni pizza?
A combo of mozzarella and provolone are stretchy cheese and melt well. If you don’t want the stretchy melted cheese of mozzarella then use other cheeses such as cheddar, gouda, fontina, Muenster and others you prefer. I add a little parmesan on top for the extra flavor.
Ingredients
- pizza dough
- mozzarella cheese
- parmesan cheese
- tomato sauce
- garlic and onion powder
- Italian spices
- pepperoni
- Chopped green onion.
For more instructions and the amounts follow the recipe attached.
grated mozzarella and parmesan cheese
A tomato sauce and spices mix for the base
sliced or cut up pepperoni
Pizza dough for the thick crust edge.
How To
Firstly you should of bought or made the pizza dough base. Roll it out to the diameter of your cast iron pan and allow half an inch on the side to go up the edge of the cast iron pan. This makes the thick crust edge of the pizza. This is to form the edge and prebake the start of the base of the pizza. Place the base into the greased cast iron pan. Having the edges up the side.
Adding the mix of tomato sauce and spices on the base evenly.
Sprinkle some cheese over the tomatoed base and then some pepperoni pieces. Add a little more cheese and parmesan cheese on top of that.
Sprinkle with Italian spices and place on the stove top to prebake the base for a minute or two.
Place the cast iron pan in the oven after that (without the handle protection) and bake further for about 12 minutes until lightly brown and cheese has melted. Add some green sliced onion or basil leaf for garnish.
Serve warm sliced with a side of salads or sauce.
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PrintHomemade Pepperoni Cheese Pizza
Homemade Pepperoni Cheese Pizza thick edge crust recipe for the family. Easy and great weekend lunch or dinner for family and kids.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 25 min
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Meals supper or lunch
- Method: Oven Baking, stove top
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- (225 g) 8 oz of pizza dough (makes one pizza)
- 1/2 cup of tomato sauce mixed with garlic powder and onion powder, or (pizza tomato sauce)
- 10 –12 slices or cut up pieces of pepperoni (not to much or to little on pizza topping)
- 1 1/2 cups of mozzarella cheese grated
- 2 tablespoons of parmesan cheese
- Italian spices
- Few chopped green onion (to garnish)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 Deg. C (400 Deg. F)
- Spray and cook a cast iron pan.
- Roll out the pizza dough to the diameter needed, allowing for the edge to go up the side of the cast iron pan.
- Add the tomato sauce evenly, made with garlic and onion spices.
- Sprinkle some of the grated mozzarella cheese on top of the tomato base. Leaving some for the topping. We add the cheese first as the pepperoni has fat in, and when it cooks leaves the base a little fatty. The topping will slide off of the pizza base when cut or eaten.
- Add the pepperoni slices or strips or chopped into pieces (as you would prefer it) on top of the cheese and spread them out. Note that to much will cause the pizza to become fatty. To little slices make the pizza tasteless.
- Add a little more of the mozzarella on top and sprinkle some parmesan on top of that.
- Sprinkle some Italian spices on the cheese.
- Place the cast iron pan on a heated stove top and prebake the pizza crust for about 2 minutes or so.
- Taking it off of the stove and placing the cast iron pan in the oven to bake for the rest of the time of 12 minutes or so until you see the cheese has melted and side crust has cooked and looks a little golden brown. Add some green chopped onion. or basil.
- Placed the pizza on a board and cut with a pizza cutter, serve after about 2 minutes while warm.
- Serve with a side dish such as a salad or other sauces to dip in.
Notes
Eaten warm is best but having left over cold slices is fine to.
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