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Chicago "Pizza" Recipe

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In chicago they have this thing they call "pizza".. Its almost like a pastry with sauce and cheese and various meats on it.. Its very good for what it is, however i wouldnt call it pizza.. I have eaten at Gino's East, Lou Manati's, and a couple of others and would really appreciate a crust similar to Lou's..

Thanks.

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In chicago they have this thing they call "pizza".. Its almost like a pastry with sauce and cheese and various meats on it..  Its very good for what it is, however i wouldnt call it pizza.. I have eaten at Gino's East, Lou Manati's, and a couple of others and would really appreciate a crust similar to Lou's..

Thanks.

So you're talking fat dough pizza here, not thin crust? You can get both in the Chicago area.

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In chicago they have this thing they call "pizza".. Its almost like a pastry with sauce and cheese and various meats on it..  Its very good for what it is, however i wouldnt call it pizza.. I have eaten at Gino's East, Lou Manati's, and a couple of others and would really appreciate a crust similar to Lou's..

Thanks.

So you're talking fat dough pizza here, not thin crust? You can get both in the Chicago area.

Yes i was just kidding around.. I am looking for the deep dish style pizza dough.. Almost like a pastry.. But i particularly like Lous Malnati's sp?.. I was hoping someone could help get that flakey texture.. I know a big difference is the corn meal.. But there has to be a ton of butter or something else.

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Yes i was just kidding around.. I am looking for the deep dish style pizza dough..  Almost like a pastry.. But i particularly like Lous Malnati's sp?.. I was hoping someone could help get that flakey texture.. I know a big difference is the corn meal.. But there has to be a ton of butter or something else.

Reinhart's American Pie has a chicago-style recipe. I think it's more like the Lou Malnati's / Gino's East style. I personally prefer a place up on Ashland (IIRC) called "The Art Of Pizza".l Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........

It's only a 9 hour drive. I could be there for a late dinner if I left now... There's a place called Rosati's that has an outpost here in KC that's passable, but it ain't no Art's...

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Anyone have the recipe for this.

check here. i think what you want is deep dish - not stuffed...but just in case - both recipes are in there. let us know how it turns out?

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Wow so thats it.. Thank you.. I have this same recipe.. I was expecting like a lot of butter or something... It seems like there is something missing.. But i will definately make it rerry soon..

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Malnati's has 2 different crusts for their deep dish pizza, "regular" and "world famous buttercrust". I'm betting from your comments you had the buttercrust.

Don't know where's there's a recipe though.

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While this won't help with a recreation, I'd like to point out that you can get Lou Malnati's online -- they ship it to you frozen and it turns out quite similar to the real thing. My family does this occasionally.

http://mealoutlaw.com/
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Anyone have the recipe for this.

check here. i think what you want is deep dish - not stuffed...but just in case - both recipes are in there. let us know how it turns out?

Thanks again.. Last night i made the chicago deep dish style pizza from the site and it came out just ok.. It obviously wasnt the buttercrust.. But it was kind of flakey and good on its own.. As i look over the site i think the papa del's pizza looks pretty interesting.. I will give that a try.. Maybe substitute the milk for buttermilk?

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Here is a recipe for Lou Malnati's Buttercrust Pizza:

Lou Malnati's Buttercrust Pizza

I just have one question. Where is the butter? :blink:

Hmm.. I would say that this is not the buttercrust recipe.. It seems to be the same basic chicago pizza recipe I have been finding everywhere. By definition buttercrust has to have the butters.

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