I haven't been to Pizzeria Uno in about seven years- Todd and I went to the one in the Inner Harbor before we had kids- maybe even before we were married! I had a hankering for a deep dish and we ain't gettin' out much these days because all of the children so I made a SUPER EASY VERSION myself! If I could get a MySpace wall sparkly .gif of 'super easy' I would. It's that easy. And delicious.
I hate reading super long personal stories before recipes so that's enough yapping from me.
Ingredients:
-Grocery store brand flaky (imperative!) pre-made pie crust. (They come in a two pack- I used to other to make a SUPER EASY chocolate cream cheese pie- more details to come)
-One 14.5 can of Italian-herb seasoned crushed tomatoes, drain (also imperative!!) the liquid
-One ball of fresh mozzarella cheese torn up
-Handful of Italian-mix cheese
-Fresh basil leaves- I tore off 10ish
-A few squirts of olive oil (I keep my EVOO in a squirt bottle- maybe 1tsp?)
Toss it all together:
I cooked at 350 for 45 minutes or until it looked like this:
I was nervous because it looked like I didn't drain enough liquid from the tomatoes as it was cooking since some was pooling at the top- by the time the cheese was browned it mostly cooked off. I'll make more of an effort to really drain next time because the bottom of the crust was a little soggy.
Picky four year old wouldn't touch it.
Hungry two year old loved it.
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