Authentic Italian Pizza (dripping in cheese) for £5 - £8

[illmonkey]

I posted this pizza in the pizza thread and a fair few agreed it was the best off shelf pizza, which is what I was claiming.

Probs could do with extra cheese, but they are decent pizzas.

[anonymous-user]

“Authentic Italian”?

[sean ie3]

I make my own pasata, tomatoes from the big two and pimp with store cupboard ingredients. Aldi have decent bases and knock yourself out with toppings or keep it simple, otherwise pimp a store bought im not sure on price comparisons. 😁

[21TonyK]

Errrr... nah.

Try again. /see pizza oven thread/pan pizza

[C70R]

21TonyK said:

Errrr... nah.

Try again. /see pizza oven thread/pan pizza

This. I'm not sure there's much mileage in a thread showing people how to cook frozen pizza.

[shirt]

Agree. I could mind the steak thread as it gave a decent result, but this is woeful. How to make a ste pizza

[C70R]

You're not "elevating" anything by putting that awful pretend mozzarella on. Proper Mozzarella, even the stuff specifically for cooking with, has never looked like that.

[Chimune]

illmonkey said:

I posted this pizza in the pizza thread and a fair few agreed it was the best off shelf pizza, which is what I was claiming.

Probs could do with extra cheese, but they are decent pizzas.

I really don't have much to add except those are utterly brilliant pizzas. That one being my fave.
They do a base only version which we use with the kids and its just as good.

[shirt]

You could get a better result for less money by making the base. I think this is where the meh response is coming from (it is from here anyway

[otolith]

I’m sure it’s tasty. Authentic, not so sure.

[RobbieTheTruth]

Tough crowd!! And I can see why - you've basically got a good supermarket pizza and added more cheese.

But you know what? I'm gonna do it.

I like the enthusiasm. I like the recommendation, and the instructions and the pics.

Fun, easy, cheap and the end result looks great.

I'm gonna add a touch of garlic butter under the cheese for extra grease!



EDIT - as someone else pointed out, that particular brand do a base with sauce for £2.20. Maybe try it with that, same technique. Cook base and a nominal amount of cheese until nearly done, then add more cheese and oils. Similar result for about £4.50?

Edited by RobbieTheTruth on Saturday 6th August 02:07

[fttm]

anonymous said:

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Make your own dough , toppings you usually have in the fridge , drizzle of olive oil just prior to sticking on the bbq stone for 7 mins . Lot less than a fiver and ten times as good . As you were

[sc0tt]

Surely everyone puts stuff on frozen pizza anyway?

Sorry OP, not excited by this one.

[elanfan]

Your oven is bogging eurgh!

[The Mad Monk]

Does anyone eat their pizza by the "Fold in Four" technique?

Fold in two (half?), across the centre line, then fold in two (half?) again, pick it up and eat it like a piece of pie?

You have a nice firm edge, the crust, to hold and the softest, most succulent bit to eat first.

[DanL]

Looks like an overly cheesy, greasy mess to me, but then I’m not eating it.

You picked a great pizza to start with - they are the best store bought option in my view. When I “elevate” mine, I start with their frozen margarita and add prosciutto del poggio to it before cooking. The prosciutto goes nice and crispy (which I like - others may not) and you have a tasty meat covered pizza. Needs cooking for 14 minutes rather than the 10 to 12 on the back of the packet in my oven.

I’ve also added smoked salmon after cooking - sounds odd, tastes great. Had it years ago in Edinburgh, and have it every so often for a change of pace. Needs black pepper and lemon juice over the salmon.

Edit: if you’re going to DIY, crosta & mollica also do just a base with sauce in the fridge section. Buy that and add your own toppings for the same lovely sour dough experience, but with your flavours - you can even add too much cheese and oil, if that’s your preference.

Edited by DanL on Saturday 6th August 08:30

[21TonyK]

DanL said:

if you’re going to DIY, crosta & mollica also do just a base with sauce in the fridge section.

If you're not into making your own then this has to be the simplest way to get a half decent pizza, combine with proper mozzarella (cucina) and fresh basil and you can bang out something perfectly edible for under £3 a time in 15 minutes.

[Piersman2]

I'm not sure why but this thread has tickled me this morning.

OP posts a blind leading the blind instruction on how to 'improve' a standard store bought pizza, with a tone indicating that they are the messiah come down from God to show us "The Way".

Rightly gets a little shot down for it along the lines of "Err... so what".

Then takes the hump but decides to continue on through to the completion of something that probably tastes quite nice , but oh my word, the amount of grease it was swimming in.

All this amongst gentle ongoign sniping, the occasional support, and the PH obligatory posts saying it should have been made from scratch with fresh made dough, proper mozzarella, and then baked in a the pizza oven, like we've all got a pizza oven , I mean who wouldn't have a pizza oven?

Just a perfect PH thread but without it (yet) descending into the bickering arguments that most do. Bu then I'm sure this one has legs to get to that!

[anonymous-user]

Appreciate the effort but the title should be ‘Authentic grease-bomb for £5 - £8’ and there is nothing Italian about it.

Probably surpasses some of the monstrosities in the burger thread in its ability to inflict indigestion simply from a photograph!

Sorry OP, thanks but no thanks. Steak effort was decent though.

[omniflow]

"Restaurant quality"?

Very possibly, if your choice of restaurant is Frankie and Benny's.

That whole thing looks absolutely disgusting - rank, dire, foul. Dripping in grease and about as far from "Authentic Italian" as a Ferrari replica based on a Toyota MR2.