Deep-Dish Pizza

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 1999, America's Test Kitchen TV

Can you make better-than-takeout deep-dish pizza at home, in a reasonable amount of time?

SERVES 4 to 6 (Makes one 14-inch pizza)

TIME 2 hours, plus 50 minutes rising

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We focused on the dough for our deep-dish pizza recipe, since these pizzas are 75 percent crust. The secret to a perfect crust came from an unlikely source: a potato. Also used in a recipe for focaccia dough that we liked, the potato contri...

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