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Stuffed Pizza

THE STUFFED PIZZA at Michelangelo’s in Sarasota, Florida (see “A Life of [Pizza] Pie”), a behemoth packed with meat and cheese, is truly special. But is it a reasonable dish to make at home? I was determined to find out.

The concept is simple enough: two layers of pizza dough with “toppings” in between. But I suspected that the pizza’s tricky architecture could lead to spillage. I wondered if baking the pizza in a cake pan would help, so I tested

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