Deep Dish Philly Cheesesteak Pizza

We're a pizza family. We love almost any kind. We also love sandwiches so I figured I blend the two and see what happened. YES! This turned out to be a big winner! It made a nice thick pizza with all kinds of flavors going on! Going in the rotation, for sure!!! If you're not into making your own pizza dough, you can certainly use your favorite store bought dough. But this recipe for pizza dough isn't difficult at all and gives this pizza a nice bready consistency. You should try it!!


Deep Dish Philly Cheesesteak Pizza



Toppings:

Pizza sauce ~ about 1 cup
1 8-ounce package deli roast beef lunch meat (or from the deli counter) ~ sliced and cut into about 2" strips
1 large onion ~ large dice
2 green bell peppers ~ large dice
1 8-ounce ball of fresh mozzarella cheese ~ about 1 1/2 cups
12 slices provolone cheese ~ 1 12-ounce package

In a large heated skillet, caramelize the onion.

Add in the diced bell pepper and saute for a bit until the pepper is heated through and a tender/crisp.

Remove from heat and set aside.


Pizza Dough:

5 tablespoons Olive Oil – divided
¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons milk – warmed to 110 degrees
2 teaspoons sugar
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1 package yeast ~ or 2 1/4 teaspoons
½ teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 200 degrees. Once oven reaches 200 degrees, turn it off.

Lightly grease a large bowl with cooking spray. Coat a large skillet with 3 tablespoons of Olive Oil. Or you can use a pizza stone.

Mix warm milk, sugar, and remaining 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil in a measuring cup.

Mix flour, yeast, and salt in a standing mixer fitted with a dough hook.

Turn machine to low and slowly add milk mixture to flour mixture. After dough comes together, increase speed to medium-low and mix until dough is shiny and smooth, about 5 minutes.

After 5 minutes,  gently shape dough into a ball and place in a large greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in the warm oven for about 30 minutes.

Press dough into oiled pan and up the sides about an inch or so. Cover in plastic wrap and let rise in the warm oven for about 20 minutes.

Remove plastic wrap and ladle about 2/3 cup pizza sauce over dough, leaving a ½-inch border around edges.

Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese, diced roast beef and top with slices of provolone.

Bake at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes or until cheese is melted and edges are light brown and crispy.

Remove from oven and let pizza rest for a few minutes. Transfer onto a cutting board…slice and eat!

Here we go!

Combine the warm milk, olive oil and sugar.

Combine the flour, yeast and salt.

Pour the milk mixture into the 

flour mixture in a mixing bowl.

Start on low....

then turn it up and let it go about

 5 minutes. It will look like this.

Place dough in a greased bowl, 

covered with plastic wrap, in the warm oven.

After rising, plop dough into your prepared pan.

Press to the edges then cover in 

plastic wrap and allow to rise again.

Meanwhile, caramelize the onions.

Chop the bell pepper and the meat.

Allow bell pepper to saute with for 

a little bit with the onions until tender/crisp.

On the risen dough in the pan, layer 

the mozzarella cheese, the onion/bell 

pepper mixture and the meat.

Top with the provolone slices.

Then bake!

Allow pizza to rest in the pan for 

about 5 minutes before removing. 

Slice and eat!!!