For the Love of Deep Dish, MAKE A PIZZA ALREADY!

Hi there. If you clicked on the photo above from the homepage, you’re in the right place! Welcome to the Real Deep Dish Welcome Page. Yes, it says welcome twice because I’m so glad you’re here! Wait… I did it a third time!  If this is your first time making deep dish pizza and you’re looking to get started right away, go ahead and download one of the recipes below; then keep reading this page for first time tips and advice. DEEP DISH PIZZA RECIPE (aka The Deep Dish Holy Grail)– CLICK HERE! RDD Quick Dough Recipe(also good for Deep… Read More »For the Love of Deep Dish, MAKE A PIZZA ALREADY!

Photo of Lou Malnati's in Lincolnwood, IL -photo by Paul Riismandel via Flickr

Happy Birthday Lou Malnati’s!

3-17-2014: On March 17th, 1971, (Yes, St. Patrick’s Day!), Lou Malnati opened his very first Deep Dish Pizza restaurant in Lincolnwood, IL. Lou’s was my very first deep dish and it has forever influenced my love of the style. Photo of Lou Malnati’s in Lincolnwood, IL -photo by Paul Riismandel via Flickr Happy Birthday, Lou’s! Keep the deep dish coming!

RDD NFT Preview

New page added for Chicago Pizza NFT

If you hadn’t seen it in the website menu yet, I just added a new NFT page to the website. It’s going to have all the updates for the Chicago Pizza RDD non-fungible tokens project I’m working on. the page looks like this: What’s the deal with NFTs ? I’m still trying to figure that out, but feel free to follow along on the NFT page, and if you’re on twitter, follow @RDDpizza (you should be doing that anyway), which is where I’ll be doing free token giveaways and announcing new token releases when they happen. Need more info? Go to that NFT page I just told… Read More »New page added for Chicago Pizza NFT

screenshot from the dough calculator

DD101 Extra: Pizza Math Part 2

In the previous Pizza Math article, I talked about cup-to-gram conversions, ingredient swapping, and conversions. I thought I’d do a follow-up with basics and some helpful tips on using the dough calculator if you are working on your own dough recipe or trying to size a dough recipe up or down for the pan you are using. The dough calculator can be very helpful, but I understand why it could seem a bit overwhelming to use. Let’s start with ‘Thickness Factor‘, or ‘TF‘. What is it? TF is literally the “How thick do you want your dough to be?” factor.… Read More »DD101 Extra: Pizza Math Part 2