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Re: [Frozen Pizza] Best frozen pizza? - RgrF - 09-10-2011
Be careful, you're talking to a guy within driving distance of Boston's North End.
Re: [Frozen Pizza] Best frozen pizza? - M>B> - 09-10-2011
In the days of my annual cross country summer trips, the first place I stopped at in Chicago was the original Uno's!
I make my version of it in a cake pan, four at a time!
Re: [Frozen Pizza] Best frozen pizza? - Winston - 09-10-2011
Here's an alternative.
Our local grocery store sells pre-made pizza dough. Comes in a plastic bag and can be refrigerated for several days. You pat it out on a cookie sheet and make your own. It's a bit more trouble than pulling one out of the freezer, but not a lot so (depending on whether you want many ingredients that need cutting up). The main ingredients, tomato sauce and grated mozzarella, keep a long time under refrigeration. Other typical things, like onions and bell pepper, or pepperoni slices, also keep well.
Our results with the store-bought dough have been quite respectable. Definitely much better than frozen pizza.
Good luck.
- Winston
Re: [Frozen Pizza] Best frozen pizza? - Ombligo - 09-10-2011
Just get the pre-made fresh, not frozen ones that most stores now stock. Almost any will be better than frozen.
But frankly, at $10 for a large anyway you want, Papa Johns is better than then those and priced competitively (especially in that you don't have to go get it or bake it). Even Dominos around here regularly has $6 large cheese pies for pickup
If you need a quantity - call local shops and see what they'll do price wise. It may be more affordable than you think.
Re: [Frozen Pizza] Best frozen pizza? - kd - 09-10-2011
I like Red Baron pan pizza (the ones that come with their own pan).
Re: [Frozen Pizza] Best frozen pizza? - mrthuse - 09-10-2011
Tree Tavern has no chemicals in it of which I am aware. Consequently, when I buy frozen 'za, it's that one. Add grated mozzarella, rip some fresh basil and drizzle some EVOO. Yum.
Re: [Frozen Pizza] Best frozen pizza? - Stavs - 09-10-2011
I find this frozen pizza to be the best. Its only at Target, and about $4 or so. I also don't mind the Paul Newmans pizza.
Re: [Frozen Pizza] Best frozen pizza? - OWC Jamie - 09-10-2011
Spock wrote:
DiGiorno is OK.
+1
But only certain ones , IMO.
I don't like the plain ones not the square ones
It's rather easy to make your own, and they usually taste better.
Re: [Frozen Pizza] Best frozen pizza? - Robert M - 09-10-2011
Hi everyone,
My wife and I make our own pizza regularly but when all is said and done it is usually more expensive than frozen pizza and only marginally less expensive than getting it fresh from a pizza shop. If we go frozen, we tend to stick with digiornio or Freschetta thin crust. We've tried the others and none are as good. Trader Joe's regular isn't bad. Trader Joe's Organic is garbage. Amy's is worse. Newman's Own isn't bad. Costco is meh but has decent sauce. California pizza kitchen is garbage. My wife and I have tried them all and we keep going back to Digiorno and Freschetta. A good pizza crisper is key. Stones are too much work.
We're using this one for now. It's holding up better than the Wilton model we had before it.
A good pizza knife is necessary. I don't use the kind that have a spinning blade. They're usually not dishwasher safe and I've never been able to clean them by hand to my satisfaction. Schmutz always gets between the blade and the blade holder. The space on the typical model is very tight and a bitch to clean.
So, I bought one of these:
Worth every penny! Cuts pizza perfectly. Easy to clean by hand or in the dishwasher. We've had ours for nearly two years and it works as well now as it did the day we bought it. Minimal wear and tear. I gave one to every member of my family and even donated one to a local pizza shop. It's that good.
Also, never cut the frozen pizza on the crisper. You'll ruin the crisper. I have a 15" x 15" square cutting board. I throw two sheets of regular heavy duty foil or one sheet of super heavy duty foil on the cutting board and slide the pizza onto it. Use less foil and the pizza cutter goes right through it and you have to clean the cutting board. Unnecessary with a bit of extra foil.
We usually put the foil onto the cutting board, the crisper on the foil and prepare the pizza. That way, when we take it out of the oven,t he cutting board has foil on it and is ready for the hot pizza. Let the pizza rest a few minutes before cutting. I bought the following for the sole purpose of making pizza at home:
Again, worth every penny!
Robert
Re: [Frozen Pizza] Best frozen pizza? - jdc - 09-10-2011
Costco