Deep Dish Pizza

Tonight was a great meal made of leftovers from our bi-weekly Friday Pizza Night. I had leftover homemade dough and pizza sauce. I've been wanting to try my hand at deep dish pizza for some time so tonight was the night. I sauteed some leftover roasted garlic over medium heat in olive oil in a cast iron skillet until fragrant then added about a half pound of hot italian sausage. Once cooked through I removed the garlic and sausage and let it drain on a paper towel covered plate. I sprinkled some corn meal on the bottom of the skillet I used to brown the sausage and gently laid the rolled out dough inside, making sure to press the dough into the corners and stretch it up the sides of the pan. Next, I layered slices of mozzarella cheese, added the sausage/garlic mixture, sprinkled some sliced green olive and layers of pepperoni.

I topped it all with some pizza sauce. Put the pan in a pre-heated 400 degree oven for about 30-45 minutes. The crust should pull away from the edges of the pan and and be nice and browned. Top with some freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano and cut into quarters.