Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza

[RR7]

Anyone else a fan? Here's the pie I made for dinner tonight. Impossible to find a good one outside of Chicago, being from there, so I've taken to making my own.

 

[Denny Crane]

Awesome!

 

[Denny Crane]

It never occurred to me to try and make my own. Looks like you got it right. Did it taste right? There's something about the sausage and cheeses they use that I've not found in any food outside of Chicago...

Lou Malnati's | Ship Lou Malnati's Pizza from Chicago | Tastes of Chicago

Order Lou Malnati's legendary Chicago deep dish pizzas, shipped nationwide. Enjoy fresh, delicious pizzas in classic flavors like cheese, sausage, and pepperoni, delivered right to your door.

www.tastesofchicago.com

You can order from Lou Malnati's and have the real thing shipped to you FedEx. Surely it costs more than making one from scratch.

They sell their pizza pan and spatula at that URL for $30.

 

[RR7]

Yeah, once or twice a year, we'll ship from Lou's or Giordanno's. But, I grew up around it enough, I got it pretty close. Still play with the recipe. I need the ability to make like 20 pies right next to eachother and sample, with small tweaks to nail it, but it's pretty much there, for all intents and purposes. For what it's worth, my niece likes mine more than the giordanno's she gets when she goes back to chicago to visit grandma and grandpa.

 

[ABM]

Wonders with Bisquick.

 

[RR7]

Wonders with Bisquick.

dough from scratch, along with the sauce. Not gonna use bisquick

 

[ABM]

dough from scratch, along with the sauce. Not gonna use bisquick

I was just messin'. That looks AWESOME!

 

[Denny Crane]

It wouldn't be right if you didn't make the dough from scratch. Three kinds of fat. Buttery flavor and flakey. Just the right amount of corn meal...

I'm so going to try this soon.

 

[magnifier661]

Yum!!!!! Good job!

 

[PapaG]

Giordano's Chicago is the best, but this place in Seattle is delicious and Chicago-worthy.

I know of no place in Portland that makes a true Chicago pizza. Yours look delicious, by the way.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i love me some deep dish, but i cant hack the big chunks of stewed tomatoes, i pick dem shits out

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

It never occurred to me to try and make my own. Looks like you got it right. Did it taste right? There's something about the sausage and cheeses they use that I've not found in any food outside of Chicago...

http://www.tastesofchicago.com/cate...ton&utm_source=lousmobile&utm_medium=Homepage

You can order from Lou Malnati's and have the real thing shipped to you FedEx. Surely it costs more than making one from scratch.

They sell their pizza pan and spatula at that URL for $30.

Lou malnatis blew my mind. Been to genos east and giordianos.... they cant touch it.

hoop fam

 

[MickZagger]

i love me some deep dish, but i cant hack the big chunks of stewed tomatoes, i pick dem shits out

I agree. I was in Chicago about 5 years ago and had to try the deep dish that everybody was raving about. I didn't like that aspect of the deep dish.

The whole experience was meh.

 

[HailBlazers]

Anyone else a fan? Here's the pie I made for dinner tonight. Impossible to find a good one outside of Chicago, being from there, so I've taken to making my own.

Key word PIE! Mmmm

 

[PapaG]

I agree. I was in Chicago about 5 years ago and had to try the deep dish that everybody was raving about. I didn't like that aspect of the deep dish.

The whole experience was meh.

Giordano's doesn't use stewed tomatoes. It's a sauce, but no chunks, and sweet yet a bit savory. Grant Park location is the place to go.

 

[maxiep]

I made it a couple times a few years ago. My wife has told me I had to stop, otherwise she would gain more weight than when she was pregnant.

 

[MickZagger]

Giordano's doesn't use stewed tomatoes. It's a sauce, but no chunks, and sweet yet a bit savory. Grant Park location is the place to go.

That looks a lot better than what I had. The oozing mozzarella looks bomb.

 

[mobes23]

If you get up to Seattle, Kylie's in Fremont brings Chicago to the Northwest. Really good stuff -- it takes me back to my Chicago days.

http://kylieschicagopizza.com/

 

[Eastoff]

It never occurred to me to try and make my own. Looks like you got it right. Did it taste right? There's something about the sausage and cheeses they use that I've not found in any food outside of Chicago...

http://www.tastesofchicago.com/cate...ton&utm_source=lousmobile&utm_medium=Homepage

You can order from Lou Malnati's and have the real thing shipped to you FedEx. Surely it costs more than making one from scratch.

They sell their pizza pan and spatula at that URL for $30.

I had the real thing for the first time at Lou's a month ago. It was quite buttery and delicious.

 

[mobes23]

Talk about a noob move -- the first time I had pizza after I moved to Chicago (Pizzeria Due's), I ordered extra cheese.

 

[Denny Crane]

Talk about a noob move -- the first time I had pizza after I moved to Chicago (Pizzeria Due's), I ordered extra cheese.

For those interested...

Lou Malnati's father was the guy who invented deep dish chicago style pizza in the 1940s. He and Lou worked at Uno's together for about 20 years before Lou went out on his own and founded Lou Malnati's Pizzaria.

 

[RR7]

mmmm, can't wait for leftovers now, looking back through here.

mobes, what did they say when you asked for extra cheese?

 

[blazerboy30]

Paxti's in Palo Alto and Zachary's in Berkeley are my favorite places, but I've never had Chicago-style IN Chicago so I can't comment if they are as good as the real-deal.

 

[RR7]

Paxti's in Palo Alto and Zachary's in Berkeley are my favorite places, but I've never had Chicago-style IN Chicago so I can't comment if they are as good as the real-deal.

I really like Zachary's. Not as good, however.

 

[tlongII]

I prefer New York style.

 

[Denny Crane]

I prefer New York style.

 

[mobes23]

mmmm, can't wait for leftovers now, looking back through here.

mobes, what did they say when you asked for extra cheese?

You know, I don't remember their reaction at all...when I ordered it seemed reasonable and I wasn't paying attention. They had to know I was a tourist/new to Chicago though. Total noob move.

Edit: Denny's picture nailed it. Chicago pizza versus NY "pizza" isn't even a conversation.

 

[tlongII]

NY style pizza > Chicago style pizza

No question!

 

[tlongII]

 

[tlongII]

Yeah baby!

Who wants a bunch of freaking crust???