Simple Deep Dish Pizza
Simple deep dish pizza without the butter and topped with tons of roasted veggies, easy and healthy.
Equipment
- 10-inch cast iron skillet
- baking sheet
Ingredients
Dough and Sauce
- ½ batch pizza dough or sub store-bought for gluten-free
- ¾ - 1 cup pizza sauce
Toppings
- 1 cup mixed veggies of choice such as cherry tomatoes, eggplant, onion, green pepper, mushroom
- olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 - 1.5 cups mozzarella cheese or dairy-free mozzarella
- Italian seasonings dried basil, oregano, thyme, red pepper, etc. (optional)
- grated parmesan cheese (optional)
- fresh basil (optional)
Instructions
Preparation
- Prepare pizza dough (half batch only) and sauce if using homemade.
- If roasting veggies, preheat oven to broil, toss veggies in olive oil on a baking sheet, and broil for 4-6 minutes on the top rack, tossing once for even cooking.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (232 C).
- Coat a 10-inch cast iron skillet or baking dish with olive oil and run a garlic clove around for seasoning.
- Plop your dough down into the pan and push it up around the sides about 1 to 1.5 inches. Let rest for a few minutes.
- First sprinkle in ½ of mozzarella cheese, then add veggies, then sauce. Top with remaining mozzarella cheese, Italian seasonings, and grated parmesan cheese.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese and sauce are bubbly.
- Let rest for 5-10 minutes before cutting, then serve immediately.
Notes
You can sub 1 store-bought crust for the ½ batch homemade. Nutrition information is a rough estimate.
Nutrition
Serving: 2slicesCalories: 314kcalCarbohydrates: 48.1gProtein: 12.7gFat: 8.4gSaturated Fat: 3.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.84gMonounsaturated Fat: 3.66gTrans Fat: 0.16gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 326mgPotassium: 600mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6.9gVitamin A: 926IUVitamin C: 12.06mgCalcium: 181.74mgIron: 2.05mg
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