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.
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.
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.
most chicago deep dish i’ve had is in layers for this very reason: