Gino's East Style Pizza At Home

[13Jaysun13]

Good job, but just a tip, don't pre cook your pork. If your cooking at good pizza temps, a deep dish will have at leats 25 minutes to cook....your pork will finish. You have to pinch it thin though. Pre cooking it makes it way to chewy. GREAT video though...you got you pizza skills on point for the at home kitchen!

[4468311]

i tried it. i live in chicago and its an awsome crust. but why didnt you put some type of pizza spice into your sauce??? just tomato paste and salt? i love the crust though. like i said i tried it and it very good. i put my own sauce and spices into it ,AND ITS AWSOME

[Machinima895]

This is the most informational video on making Chicago style pizza Thanks

[emoneyblue]

Fantastic! love they way you included your family into the video, thanks for sharing, I will have to try this recipe .  My favorite part is when your daughter grabbed the cheese (classic) and would have kept shaking it, just like my son hahahahaha lol , great video!

[Aznfootball7]

Hahahaha I love how you used the kukri machete. Thanks! I'll try this one day!

[StackinItToThaMoon]

He sounds like dug from king of queens

[DAPIZZAPRINCE]

HEY WHEN YA LEARN HOW TO MAKE A PIZZA DOUGH THE RIGHT WAY COME SEE ME I'LL TEACH YA HOW TO MAKE PIZZA

[tulsapete]

Nice

[BullzOnParade17]

Ha! Watched your video and noticed the small, Hawkeye cup in your sink. That's awesome, go Hawks!

[pecorino69]

Nicely Done...&%# oops i gotta some sauce onda keyboard...GO BEARS!!!

[rimshot63]

I used Robinhood all purpose flour and a pound wound up being around three cups.I am glad I weighed it or the results would have been vastly different. I can't wait to try it.

[cyberyanmar]

why the food coloring?

[KayLaPark]

@cyberyanmar To get that nice yellowish golden color.. basically for looks.. you know what they say.. "We eat with our eyes!"

[sconchee]

make me an offer I cant refuse

[K5Jon]

Cute video, but technically when you broil something in the oven, you want to leave your oven door open slightly.

[versteegmd]

@K5Jon

Thanks a ton! Hope you enjoy your pizza!

[tubebitch12]

Where does the cornmeal come in? There was no cornmeal used in the demonstration,but it says there's 1/2 cup cornmeal in recipe ingredients.

[CyberZombie88]

at  3:00, whats with the kukri?

[versteegmd]

@CyberZombie88

Its supposed to be a joke.

[PazzoScansafatiche]

Gosh that Pizza looked absolutely mouth watering. The last 2:00 minutes of your daughter enjoying her pizza was cool. With the music playing in the background it looked like a scene shot for an upcoming Little Rascals movie. Everytime they ate you could hear very amusing music to enhance the humor of the little rascals mannerisms. Will all due respect I meant no disrespect to your child. Thanks for the uploading this video.

[versteegmd]

@PazzoScansafatiche

I only hope your kids will enjoy it half so much! Thanks for watching.

[nyeyn]

Keep your toddler out of the kitchen? You should be teaching knife skills by age 3. Otherwise, who's going to cook your meals when you're old and tired? :) Go read a copy of "Hungry Monkey", then buy your daughter a set of Henkels.

[versteegmd]

@nyeyn

Oh she's a pro in the kitchen. I just mean boiling water/hot stoves etc. 3 year olds have a little trouble around some of that stuff.

[JMan2124]

i spy a hawkeye cup ... go hawks!

[versteegmd]

@JMan2124

Hell yeah!

[Alexc0999]

Can you tell me why you have music in Italian for a food that isn't Italian in any way?

[versteegmd]

@Alexc0999

You're technically correct. Chicago Style Deep Dish is not authentic Italian food. By the same token, I don't remember putting any authentic Italian music in the video.

[abruchis]

@versteegmd actually, Chicago is'nt in Italy either. Thats why it's Called "Chicago", "New York" and "California" styles... pizza has become a "regional" food Heck, even within a city people will go ballistic arguing which is better when the food is awesome at both, and the same style! As for me, I like a bit of all styles, although a great chef armed with a wood burning stove are always winners with me.

[versteegmd]

@abruchis

Thanks so much for watching the video. I'm hoping it gave you some ideas at least. I never expected it would get so many views or comments. I made it for my family.

[picklesloveslight]

This looks some good ..

[gino3314]

what size is the pizza pan u used?

[versteegmd]

@gino3314

12 inch. 

[davewoodring]

@gino3314 best pizza i ever had, went there when very young.

[gino3314]

what is the size of the pizza pan you used??????

[gino3314]

How big is the pizza pan you used?

[Boredinnc]

Great video. I can't wait to try this!! And what a beautiful little girl!! She definitely convinced me that this was a great pizzza!!

[pokemonperson1234548]

what does god father music have to do with pizza lmao

[versteegmd]

@pokemonperson1234548

Who knows. Just nice to listen to.

[notingless]

The yellow bottle on the left looks like its about to fall off when u took out the dough in the morning..

[amac3223]

I must try. The little sales lady at the end seemed very convincing that this must be great pizza.

[0hglory]

@loowaters did you watch the video? he didn't use cornmeal in the video. He even says on the blog he changed the recipe.

anyway, i tried this recipe, soo goooood! Thanks for the great video. Gotta watch out for goose poop. You Rock!

[kotaaaaaaaaan]

Louis Prima! nice touch!

[pootcacti05]

good video man...that pizza looks REALLY REALLY GOOD!..lol good job

[loowaters]

@boojado I have no idea how Indian Tandoori is done, so I can't refute your claim on that.

However, Gino's East ingredients listing at Featured Foods shows CLEARLY yellow #5 and #6 in the dough formulation. Also, a former manager at Gino's (now owns and operates other stores) told me this is how it's done. Nice myth of the corn meal, it's just isn't in there.

[yellowman88]

nice job. Love the vibe from this video.

[boojado]

Whoa... hold on buddy.

You don't need to use yellow food coloring on the crust !! Corn meal is all you need. Add more oil to the dough to ensure it doesn't crack or taste too dry.

All else, your recipe is quite good. Get rid of the food coloring immediately. This is taboo !

Even on your Tandoori recipes, you've mentioned red food coloring. -Completely untrue my friend. The key is Paprika. Tandoori dishes NEVER call for food coloring.

Carry on...

[yellowman88]

Have you ever tried a garlic oil mix?? it makes the bread taste better.

[loowaters]

@boojado - Wrong about the food coloring and the corn meal. There is no corn meal in the Gino's East's dough recipe at all and the food coloring it what accounts for the yellow coloring of the dough at Gino's. None of the major deep dish places in Chicago have corn meal in their dough and if you're making pizzas based on the assumption that it belongs, you're...well, wrong.

[sn1zzo]

Ha, she did the Good Food Dance at the end. I do that exact same dance whenever I eat something delicious :)

[Dudefish420]

Nah..

[FlamingHomelessDude]

ohh yeah,,,,,boo yaaa

[Beepinsqueekin]

This is terrific!!!!

[hellostrangermay25]

Do NOT add food coloring to your pizza dough!! Stupid!

[pjhiggi]

I made this after reading your blog. I recently moved from Chicago to Hawaii and I have missed real pizza. The pizza options on the big island are mediocre at best. My roommates had never seen a deep dish and were blown away by the look and taste.

Thanks!

[versteegmd]

@pjhiggi

Its about to be winter where I live. I would like to trade place with you plz. J/K. I hope you enjoy making the pizza as much as I enjoyed making the video for you!

[Grayald]

I love making pizzas, but when I do an overnight fridge rise, it never turns out. I think my fridge may be too cold. What temp range specifically should a cold rise be?

[hamnhock]

WOW! living in North Florida, Ive never been fortunate enough to have a Chicago style pizza. There are a few places around town that claim they are NY style but i doubt it actually. I will be making this for sure. I know it will blow my friends and family away! thanks for the vid ,,,its great

Ham

[colbynelson]

IS THAT A MACHETE!?

[Spidderis]

It's american tradition add a lot of cheese, italian tradision is to add a litlle cheese...

[BCCames]

Ok...thanks for that.

[SteveInFlorida]

This was the best instructional video for making Chicago Style Pizza that I've found on the net.. thank you so much!

[versteegmd]

@SteveInFlorida

Thank you so much!  I hope you're making great pizza!

[colorclown26]

This is hilarious!

[christygurl06]

thanks so much

[christygurl06]

looks very good can you use self risein flower to make the doug?

[PandDBand]

I wouldn't us self rising flour. You could try it but it is designed to be a yeast risen dough.

[3571734]

what is the name of the song???

[krayzgerman]

Yellow food coloring... corn oil... tasty.

[hardstyle905]

nice.

as a pizza-lover i have to try this.

[SooperDink]

This has to be done just right--very funny.

[bestfeetlover]

Thanks

[thereddone360]

ginos is okay....i loves me some pizza mania on ridge st. mmmm or gigios on broadway...mmm i just love chi pizza...

[versteegmd]

Those must be new since I lived there. I'll have to check them out.

[thereddone360]

pizza mania has been on ridge st. for a long time now i lived on ridge back in 92.gigios has been on broadway since i was a kid.

[JMDylan]

Yum!

[bilgerburg]

Nicely done video. The little dance that your daughter did at the end was great. I do the same when i eat. I noticed that you didn't use any spices in your sauce, is that the norm? What spices might be used in a good Chicago pizza sauce?

[versteegmd]

A pinch of oregano or a pinch of basil would be good in there and sometimes I add them. Don't overdo the spices.

[imway2cool4urass211]

cute dog,cute kid,messy but beautiful kitchen and pizza with sausage what more can u ask for

[joetheazl]

worth the calories

[BrantDouglas]

Huge flaw in these directions...chicago style pizza traditionally has a cornmeal crust (Gino's, Lou Malnatti's, and Uno's)

if not, its just a stuffed pizza

[versteegmd]

Thank you for the response. I used to think that Chicago style pizza had corn meal in the crust. After some research I found out that none of the places you mentioned puts corn meal in the crust and they deny ever doing so.

[PanPizzaGod]

Not true hoss, if fact there is a dough recipe provided by Marc Malnati himself on food network website which specifically calls for corn meal. Having been raised on Lou's pizza, I assure you that there is corn meal present. Also, they do not pre cook the sausage (they being Uno, Gino's and Lou's) it is an uncooked sausage laid over the cheese followed by the tomatoes and parmesan/peccorino romano cheeses. Place the pizza on the stone for 30-40 min at 425-450 and leave it alone.

[versteegmd]

Thanks for the info. I'll have to look at the info on Malnoti's. I didn't ever eat there much because there wasn't one close to where I lived in the city. It was more of a suburbs pizza from what I remember. I know about the sausage going on uncooked but I haven't had good luck putting sausage on raw, it makes my pizza too watery.

[versteegmd]

One other quick thing about the Lou's recipe on Food Network -

Read the directions carefully. The cornmeal is not added to the dough.  It is used in the bottom of the pan.

[PanPizzaGod]

The way around this is to use a lean (90%) or leaner mix. Also, let the pizza rest a few minutes before cutting. Draining the tomatoes in a collander also helps. As for the corn meal, I have not seen them put it in the bottom of the pan, but ny observation is based on an episode of "Throw down with Bobby Flay" and the taste of the crust itself. There is a recipe created by Flay related to that episode. I use Flay's recipe with 2 less tsp salt, and add 1 tsp garlic powder.

[PanPizzaGod]

I ran out of characters....I also am considering using only 1 packet of yeast instead of 2. An intersesting thing about Malnati, he mentions butter in the crust, but there is none in the recipe. I also saw a bowl of melted butter on his make table, but did not use it. I am guessing that he is not providing all of the info regarding his crust. Since he uses 8 cups of flour, and only 16 oz of water with 1/4 cup oil, this would make a very dry dough which may not even be usable. he's hiding it

[loowaters]

Malnati's Food Network recipe isn't close to his actual restaurant recipe.  NO CORN MEAL!!!

[boojado]

@loowaters

Corn meal does not have to be present in the actual mix of the dough. ie the proofing stage. You could mix it in later.

The guy on man VS food actually shows how Gino's make it. They CLEARLY add corn meal to the dough while baking it right in front of him.

Under no circumstances should any pizza dough ever have food coloring my friend !

This guy also says that Indian Tandoori has food coloring...Totally wrong - It's Paprika.

[loowaters]

@boojado Also, I've watched the Man v. Food at Gino's and I don't see corn meal CLEARLY added at any point.

[boojado]

Did you see them adding food coloring?

I remember that guy Adam even looking right into the camera and say "oh...Corn meal huh, that's the key?"

Either one of us could be right because Gino's uses 70% corn oil rather than canolla or vegetable oil. This is what gives it the unique corn taste.

Don't make me go fish out the episode...I'm trying to watch my weight this week.

[luvlac64]

What's with the food coloring?

[versteegmd]

Gino's uses food coloring in the crust to make it yellow. I guess you'd have to eat there to see if you liked it or not. You can leave it out and you'll still get an excellent pizza.

[7674Princess]

Excellent video!!!!...Kid was cute too!

[KIMYOUNGMAN]

this is Fantastic video

very very very ---thank you

i like you

kim youngman

[tjrome02]

wow thanks this helped a whole!!!!!! lot

[guitarpah]

watch the salt in the sauce... out of the can ground tom. will work... but overall very good

[Bilek33]

That's amore!

[ReitsukiKojima]

Fantastic video!

Question, what size pizza pan are you using for this much dough? I tried it with a 9 inch cake pan to test it out, and while the results were fine, I seemed to have considerably too much dough.

[versteegmd]

The recipe is for a 12 inch pan.

[KingJ323]

5 stars! AMAZING video! GINO's EAST is the best pizza on the planet! I put Gino's East in my new video!

watch my new video on my page that I made its called: KANYE WEST HOMECOMING

[myad15]

after that video it made me hungry oooh

[laxdfns]

heyyy thanks for the vid! urs looked great & mines on its way. Im not sure if your at all in the WI/Milwaukee area, but for anyone who wants great italian sausage for pizza, Nehring's Sendiks or Groppis food market makes EXCELLENT sausage!

Thanks again man!

[ningunners]

Great!!! thanx !!!

[sellabuick]

I am SO excited that this tutorial exists! I visited Chicago last week @ had real Chicago style pizza for the first time, at Gino's East. And ever since then I've been craving it but no one makes pizza like that here in Florida! Now I can try to make my own! THX!

[jeffhlewis]

I made this a couple weeks ago...ran into an issue with the yeast not rising but that was just due to my baking ignorance. Pizza still turned out good; going to try again this week.

[versteegmd]

Yeast not rising can be due to a few things. Here are a few things you could try.

1) Don't do the overnight fridge rest, or if you do be sure to put the dough out on the counter to warm up and rise 8-10 hours before you intend to bake your pie.

2) Reduce the amount of oil in the dough by 1/4 cup or so.

3) Proof the yeast before starting to be sure that you are using live yeast.

Best of luck.

[jeffhlewis]

This time I actually used a bread machine to get the initial dough mixed and properly risen (with a tablespoon and a half of yeast). Worked great; way better than last time.

Question though - do you put any Italian/pizza seasoning in with the sauce? I've been tossing in about a tablespoon of Italian seasoning.

There's a local Italian grocery here in Wisconsin that sells 6-in-1 ground tomatoes in the small cans as well as the gallon industrial size...I bought a whole case of the small cans!

[versteegmd]

I sometimes add like a pinch of oregano but not always. I also add salt to the sauce. Good call on the cans of 6 in 1. They make great sauces in general.

[Volvox9]

Enjoyed the video!

[safary10]

hi ... i am trying this pizza today ... made the dough last night ... but it didnot puff up yet.......it is the same as it was at night .. what did i do wrong .. and at this point what can i do to fix it...

[xraymond10]

What olive oil do you like? (no extra virgin with pizza crust, right?).

Also, I've seen recipes like this with NO salt.

What's your opinion on that?

[versteegmd]

I use really cheap olive oil from Sam's Club so I suppose its not even remotely extra virgin. I've also seen and tried a lot of pizza recipes with no salt. I don't think it makes a huge difference. The best thing to do is try a recipe with and without and use the one you like better.

[twak50]

This guy's pizza recipe is fantastic. I've eaten at Gino's East and didn't think you could match their pizza but this does. Love the puppy and toddler too.

[qualqui]

Awesome vid, dude you had me droolin' the entire length of the vid! Gonna try your awesome recipe here, here is Kerétaro, México! 5 stars dude you RULE!!!!

[surprisevisitor2000]

Great video! And I have a question - what was that song at the intro of the video? Playing that would probably get my family in the mood to try my next pizza attempts. Cuz by this point, they are a tad skeptical that I'll ever nail these pies.

thx, Za Guy

ps: I liked your blog too - great work and thanks for sharing!

[versteegmd]

The name of the intro song is eh cumpari by Julias LaRosa. You can find all of the Italian songs on a CD called Mob Hits.  It is available at amazon. The non-Italian songs are a mix of Peter and the Wolf and Britten's Ceremony of Carols.

[loowaters]

Great video! Nice work getting your daughter and the dog into the video and just as we would expect from you, excellent results.