If there is one thing that Chicago is famous for, it’s their incredible deep dish pizza. Use our easy recipe and grab yourself a homemade slice of Healthier Chicago Deep Dish Pizza.
Preheat your oven to 200°C/180°C(fan)/400°F/Gas 6.
Make the 1 portion Homemade whole wheat pizza dough according to the recipe.
Roll it out so that it is a little wider than the pan you are using. we used a 10 inch diameter spring-form cake tin and it worked perfectly. Put the dough in the greased tin and push the dough up the sides a little.
Put 40 g Cheddar cheese on the bottom and then top with 0.5 Courgette (zucchini) and 0.5 Red bell pepper.
Top with 12 tablespoon Marinara and then sprinkle with 40 g Cheddar cheese and 4 tablespoon Fresh basil.
Put into the oven for 20 minutes.
Allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving to make it easier to cut.
Notes
Use up any vegetables you have - it's a good fridge raid pizza!
Store bought pizza dough and sauce will work perfectly well for this, but nutritional values will change.
You can skip adding the cheese on top to save a few calories.
Change up the vegetables each time to make it different.