Classic Deep-Dish Pizza with Tomato Sauce and Mozzarella
1 recipe Deep-Dish Pizza (see chapter four)
Olive oil for brushing on pan and dough and coating hands
2 cups Thick Tomato Sauce (see chapter two)
6 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded (about 11/2 cups)
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Fit dough into pan as directed in master recipe through step 2.
2. Prick dough all over with fork and bake without toppings in preheated oven until set, about 4 minutes. Remove pan from oven. Brush crust with 1 tablespoon oil. Spread tomato sauce evenly over crust up to edge of lip.
3. Return pizza to oven and bake until crust is lightly browned around edges, about 20 minutes.
4. Remove pan from oven and sprinkle cheese over tomato sauce. Return pizza to oven and bake until cheese is melted and bottom of crust is lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove pizza from oven and serve immediately.