The Chicago thin crust tavern style pizza is possibly my favorite type of pizza. It breaks all the rules, so today I travel to Chicago to try to understand it with two Chicago natives who know a thing or two about pizza.

RECIPE BY TONY SCARDINO:
Tony’s Chicago Cracker Crust 2.0 Pizza Dough
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40 Comments

  1. The main purpose of the ice is to develop a strong gluten structure… An industrial mixer (or even a good home mixer) will warm up the dough and make the gluten structure weaker (less stretchable.) You try to keep the dough under 40-50C, depending on goal. Hence, the ice. This applies to all bread making.

    The fermentation (flavor) is not considered at this point. It's about perfect gluten development. As for making these cracker pizzas… looks easy!

  2. I'm glad to see others realizing that tavern style is Chicago-style pizza. Nothing against Chicago-style deep dish, but… that's not really what we eat.

  3. Glad to see chicago thin crust get the recognition it deserves from outsiders. Deep dish is amazing as a special occasion pie, but that cracker crust is always the best go to.

  4. Chicago gal born n bred here. I might enjoy a deep dish pizza once every year or so. That's about it. Tavern style is where it's at 100%!

  5. As a Chicagoan, I like tavern style, I drool for great deep dish.

    And nobody has a better tavern style pizza than Home Run Inn, period. Never burnt, always buttery and crisp. Been eating theirs for 40+ years.

  6. As a Chicagoan myself, I switch off weekly since Friday's are pizza night for me. Tavern style pizza on week, deep dish the next, and on and on! I aint like these lame fellow "Chicagoans" who say that they only eat deep dish during family gatherings and special events. Bunch of lames. Surprised they dont even eat tavern style pizza with a fork and knife like they do with deep dish like a bunch of fags. Eat deep dish with your hands like a true Chicagoan and pizza lover! Sick of Chicagoans downplaying deep dish pizza and saying that to non Chicagoans to turn then away to tavern style. Chicago deep dish is heaven and Im lucky to live in Chicago as a huge pizza lover. Because of both styles of Chicago pizza, I can never go back to papa johns, dominos, and pizza hut! Chicago Deep dish and tavern style all day!!!!

  7. I found you through Adam. I found Adam after a Reddit post he did. I was a chef before I became disabled so love both of your content and frequently share your videos with my husband as things to have for dinner. Yet to have a bad meal from either of you and we are introducing my FIL to a lot of tasty things he has never tried. Thank you for your amazing recipes and wit

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