1. To make pizza sauce – sauté garlic in olive oil for 30 seconds. Add canned plum tomatoes, tomato paste, minced onion, basil, oregano, salt, sugar, and wine and mix well. Simmer for 20 minutes or until sauce thickens.
2. Lightly grease a 10” inch springform pan or a cast iron pan (I will be giving separate instructions for each).

Deep Dish Pizza with a Spring Form Pan –

1. Roll out 3/4 of pizza dough in a flat circle so its 3-4 inches bigger than the springform pan (all the way around). Place into springform pan letting it overhang the edges.
2. Spoon in half of the sauce, then the Italian sausage, green peppers, mushrooms, and onions. Top with half of the mozzarella cheese. Roll out remaining pizza dough and place on top of the filling. Crimp the edges together including the overlapping crust.
   
3. Baking in the oven at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes remove pizza from the oven and add remaining sauce and remaining cheese to the top half. Bake for an additional 10 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.  Let cool before cutting.

Deep Dish Pizza with a Cast Iron Pan –

1. Press pizza dough onto the bottom and about 1 ½ inch up the side of a cast iron pan (don’t press all the way to the very top of the pan but close).
   
2. Layer crust with cheese, sausage, pepperonis, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, and sauce. Add additional cheese on top of sauce if desired.
   
3. Bake in the oven at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Let cool 10 minutes before serving. and the end result…