Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza with a caramelized Parmesan Cheese crust!!! We used 6 different cheeses on this one and the caramelized Parmesan Cheese crust was CRAZY GOOD!!!

We set up a pizza bar for our Green Mountain Pizza Oven insert for the little Davey Crockett “tailgater” this weekend. We made over a dozen different pizzas in every style we could think of thin crust, thick crust, and deep dish. We had pizza coming out of our ears. Our neighbors loved it as we passed out pizzas for them to taste test for us.

Let me say a few things here about the GMG DC Pizza Oven. The Davey Crockett grill is a tailgater, you can pick it up and take it anywhere. So, the pizza oven is small, it can do a 10-inch pizza. That makes it perfect for “Personal Pizzas” for tailgating, parties, and camping.

The only accessory you “Have” to have is a pizza peel of some kind. You can do some awesome pizzas on the stone. They require a little more attention. We found that using a pizza pan it is so much easier and quicker to put out some pizzas.

By setting up a “Pizza Bar” everybody can build their own pizza using their favorite toppings. Too much fun and the kids loved it.

Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme.  Wood Pellet Patio Heater, little lights, candles, lanterns, and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…

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Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza with a Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust!!!
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe 

Prep Time: To Set Up Pizza Bar 1 hour
Cook Time: 3 to 5 minutes @ 375* (177c) grill temp, 425* (190c) +/- stone temp
Grill: Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill “Davey Crockett” w/ the Pizza oven insert
Pellets: Green Mountain’s Texas blend BBQ Pellets

Ingredients: Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza w/ Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust 

• 2 14 oz dough balls, rolled out into rounds
• Italian Style 4 Cheese Blend
• Smoked Provolone Cheese
• Asiago Cheese
• Romano Cheese
• Sharp Cheddar Cheese
• Grated Parmesan Cheese
• ¼ stick butter
• Sausage, ground (cooked)
• Mushrooms, sliced
• Pizza sauce, (your favorite)
• Minced fresh garlic
  

Note: Most of the cheese is grated or shredded, I did not add amounts as that will vary to your taste and the size of you pan. We used a 9-inch spring pan.

 

Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza with a Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust!!!
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Cooking Directions: Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza w/ Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust 

This pizza is to big to fit into the pizza oven, so we left the cover/top off and used the high heat of the stone to do this one.

Coat your 9-inch spring pan with butter and then add around a half cup of the grated Parmesan cheese. You may need to adjust up or down a bit. If you get too much just pour the excess out into a bowl. Add it to the cheese going inside your pizza. This is how you get the Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust.

Lay your dough gently into the spring pan working it into the base/corner and just laying the excess over the top. You only want to fill this part up a little more than halfway. So, lay down a base of sauce and then the smoked Provolone. Pile the Italian 4 cheese blend and some of the other cheeses over that and top with your sausage and mushrooms. Sprinkle more Parmesan cheese over this.

Now you are ready for the second layer of dough. To ensure you get a good seal with both layers of dough brush the side of the dough in the spring pan with a little water. Lay the second layer of dough over this and press firmly into the pan, working your fingers around the sides of the pan to form a tight seal.

Pinch a few “Vent” holes into this top crust. Now add a mix of the remaining cheeses to the top of the pan. Drizzle a little sauce over this and then more of the grated Parmesan cheese.

I have preheated my grill to 375* (190c) giving me a stone temp of 425* (190c) +/-. Place your pizza directly onto the stone and shut the grill. (We are not using the Pizza Oven lid)

Check it in 10 minutes and give it a ½ turn around. Give it another 10 minutes and it’s time to bring it in. Be careful this is around 6 pounds of molten cheese. Let it cool for a bit (10 minutes) before you remove it from the spring pan.

Slice and serve…

Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza with a Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust!!!
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

 

 

Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza with a Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust!!!
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe  

Note: I get a lot of questions about the kind of pellets you can use with a recipe. Keep in mind that a recipe is just an outline. Some you need to follow closely like when you are making bread, but most you can do anything you can dream, our favorite way to cook. Feel free to mix and match the pellets until you find a combination you really like. Also, you are only smoking at temps less than 250* (122c), anything higher is cooking and there will not be much if any smoke so it does not matter what kind of pellet you are using.

 

 

Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza with a Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust!!!
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

 

 

Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza with a Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust!!!
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

 

 

Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza with a Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust!!!
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

 

 

Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza with a Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust!!!
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

 

 

Chicago Style Deep Dish Sausage Pizza with a Caramelized Parmesan Cheese Crust!!!
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

 

 

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We do our recipes on our patio where we have a lineup of grills, including Green Mountain, Uuni Wood Fired Pizza Oven, Sawtooth, Louisiana, Royall, Memphis, Traeger pellet grills, Char Griller side box smoker, Saber, Charmglow, Char-Broil, The Big Easy, Lodge Sportsman’s, Brinkman and Weber. I call it our “Wall of Grill”. Our grilling styles are healthy and low fat and will fit pelletheads, gas, natural wood, and even charcoal purists. Almost any of our recipes can be done on any kind of good BBQ.

The important thing to keep in mind is TIME & TEMPERATURE. You can do our recipes on any grill, even some of them in the oven or crock pot, but, then you lose all the flavors you get from cooking outdoors. But sometimes it does rain.

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