Cast Iron Pizza

At times I struggle to come up with dinner ideas I haven’t used a million times. I absolutely love to use my cast iron skillets, because they are so versatile. This recipe combines my love of cast iron and deep dish pizza! It’s pretty easy and super delicious!

I like to make my own dough but you can buy a premade one if you want. For your dough you will just add all of the dry ingredients to a stand mixer and then add butter and water slowly until well incorporated. Then you’ll need to let it rise for about an hour. Take it out of the bowl, roll it out, spread the butter then fold it over into thirds. Finally, roll out again and place in cast iron.

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Now for the fun part, building the pizza. Sprinkle some cheese in the bottom of the pan and add marinara on top. I use our homemade canned marinara, a recipe I will share will you in a future post. Next pile on the veggies. During the summer we use the veggies from our garden. Finally, spread some pepperoni and more cheese.

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Slide the pizza in the oven and let cook for about an hour. Pull it out of the oven and let cool for a bit and then slice into it and enjoy!

Cast Iron Pizza

Ingredients:

• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 Tbs sugar
• 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
• 1 1/4 cups warm water
• 7 Tbs of unsalted butter (3 melted, 4 softened)
• 1 tsp olive oil
• Marinara
• Mozzarella
• Toppings

Instructions:

• Add all dry ingredients to a stand mixer bowl with the dough hook attached.
• Slowly add water and melted butter and knead for 10 minutes.
• Place ball of dough into a bowl rubbed with olive oil and let rise for an hour.
• Roll out dough onto a floured surface and spread the softened butter all over it.
• Roll the dough up and then fold it into thirds.
• Roll the dough out again and place in a cast iron skillet.
• Sprinkle cheese, spoon marinara over cheese, place toppings over the marinara and finish off with more cheese.
• Trim excess dough then crimp the edges.
• Place pizza in a 375 degree oven for an hour.
• Pull from oven and let pizza sit for 10 minutes
• Slice and enjoy

Here is the finished product! I love that you can customize with whatever toppings your in the mood for. This is honestly the best deep dish I have ever had. Make this recipe for your next pizza night!

-Cristie