Yeah the sauce is put on top to prevent the maillard reaction. In every sense of the word a deep dish is not a typical pizza. But it is still a pizza.
The same can be said for Detroit style pizza. If one wanted to make the same kind of disparagement that people do of deep dish, I could say that Detroit style isn’t pizza it’s actually cake.
The sauce goes on after it comes out of the oven, every time I’ve seen a recipe for it.
those recipes are by people who don’t know fuck all about chicago pizza, ignore them
Wouldn’t putting sauce on before putting in the oven prevent the cheese from doing a maillard? That’s half the draw of pizza to me, is browned cheese.
most chicago deep dish i’ve had is in layers for this very reason:
Yeah the sauce is put on top to prevent the maillard reaction. In every sense of the word a deep dish is not a typical pizza. But it is still a pizza.
The same can be said for Detroit style pizza. If one wanted to make the same kind of disparagement that people do of deep dish, I could say that Detroit style isn’t pizza it’s actually cake.