Deep-Dish Pizza

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon basil dried whole
• 0.1 teaspoon pepper black
• 22 ounce bread dough refrigerated french
• 0.5 teaspoon fennel seeds crushed
• 6 large cloves garlic crushed
• 1 cup bell pepper green chopped
• 6 ounces ground beef 
• 0.1 teaspoon ground pepper red
• 1 cup onion chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon oregano dried whole
• 3 ounces part-skim mozzarella cheese shredded
• 0.3 cup romano cheese grated
• 0.5 cup no-salt-added tomato paste 
• 0.8 cup water 
• 1 tablespoon cornmeal yellow

Equipment

• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven

Directions

1. Combine first 7 ingredients in a small saucepan; stir well. Cook over low heat until mixture is thoroughly heated. Set aside.
2. Coat a large skillet with cooking spray, and place over medium-high heat until hot.
3. Add meat and next 3 ingredients; cook until meat is browned, stirring until it crumbles.
4. Drain and set aside.
5. Coat 2 (9-inch) round cakepans with cooking spray, and sprinkle each with 1 1/2 teaspoons cornmeal. Unroll 1 package bread dough; fold each corner in toward center to form a diamond. Pat dough, folded corners up, into a prepared pan. Repeat procedure with remaining bread dough.
6. Spread 1/2 cup tomato mixture over each prepared crust; top each with 1 cup meat mixture.
7. Sprinkle each with 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons mozzarella cheese and 2 tablespoons Romano cheese.
8. Bake at 475 for 12 minutes.
9. Let pizzas stand 5 minutes.
10. Cut each pizza into 4 wedges.
11. Sprinkle with crushed red pepper, if desired.