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Deep Dish Pizza: Where To Get Your Fix In Chicago & Beyond

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Tortugas Homemade Pizza - Birmingham, AL 2/21

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Tortugas Homemade Pizza - Birmingham, AL

This Chicago-style pizzeria found outside the state of Illinois has won multiple titles for "Best Pizza" in Birmingham, and the proof is in the "stuffed" pizza. Thick, generously garnished slices hold up well to eating, and the crust is widely praised for its crunchy, not-too-thick, not-too-thin texture. 


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Ingredients

  • Pizza Dough (homemade or store bought)
  • Shredded cheese
  • Pizza sauce
  • Cured ham, shredded
  • 4 eggs
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Fresh basil

Method

  1. Roll out the dough
  2. Use a small bowl to cut the dough into rounds
  3. Add shredded cheese
  4. Place in oven on an oven tray afr 10 min at 355°F
  5. Put each dough round into a ramekin
  6. Add 1 tbsp pizza sauce, a handful of shredded cured ham 
  7. Break an egg into each pizza
  8. Top with sliced cherry tomatoes and a basil leaf
  9. Place in oven for another 15 mins at 355°F
  10. Garnish with parsley and a pinch of pepper
  11. Serve and enjoy!