America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated

Deep Dish Pizza

0.025mMay 7, 2011

Venturing to Chicago for the real deal, we return to the test kitchen to make our own pie worthy of its namesake, as well as a chopped-salad accompaniment. Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza Deep-dish pizza was born in Chicago, where it boasts a distinctively rich, flaky, biscuit-like crust. The problem? No pizzeria in Chicago would tell us how to make it. Mediterranean Chopped Salad We wanted complementary flavors and textures in every bite—not a random collection of bland, watery produce from the crisper drawer.