Deep pan pizza

[Johnnytheboy]

Was substituted a deep pan pizza in our supermarket delivery, which I am now eating.

Somebody please champion deep pan over thin crust to me, and explain why.

[number2]

It's a different beast, it's okay to enjoy both. Although you don't, and that's okay too.

[DanL]

Supermarket deep pan that you whack in an oven is crap, in my experience... Whether the deep pan stuff from the local take aways is “good” will depend on what you’re looking for, but I quite like one as a hangover cure.

[Johnnytheboy]

It was like eating a loaf of bread with pepperoni on top.

I have indigestion this morning.

I can't see any reason why a pizza should be any fatter than it needs to be.

[Hanglow]

Good deep pan/thick crust pizzas are excellent - detroit pan, roman pizza al taglio/pizza alla pala/pinsa etc

British supermarket deep pan is a typical british take on it, and as such rather awful as you have found out......

[Jag_NE]

I’d love to try a proper deep pan pizza. The frozen ones we get here always seem to be pretty bad, I don’t think I’ve bothered with them for years.

[CustardOnChips]

DanL said:

All upermarket pizza that you whack in an oven is crap.

FTFY

There are perfectly acceptable types of deep pan pizza such as Detroit and Sicilian.

[Puggit]

Made pizzas in the Ooni on Monday which were so thin we cut them with kitchen scissors instead of using the pizza cutter!

A few years ago, we flew in to Orlando on holiday and ordered a pizza from a nearby restaurant. Arrived at the equivalent of 2am UK time... it was literally 2 inches deep filled with tomato sauce and cheese with pepperoni on top, with a massive pastry-like crust. We called it a pizza pie. What the hell is with the Americans?!

[vaud]

Jag_NE said:

I’d love to try a proper deep pan pizza. The frozen ones we get here always seem to be pretty bad, I don’t think I’ve bothered with them for years.

Make one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHZL7mN9UA4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyUnGjykNwg

[DanL]

CustardOnChips said:

DanL said:

All upermarket pizza that you whack in an oven is crap.

FTFY

There are perfectly acceptable types of deep pan pizza such as Detroit and Sicilian.

I’d disagree - specifically crosta mollica pizza bases, which seem to come out quite nicely.

[Levin]

Sometimes a deep pan really hits the spot in a way a thinner base doesn't. If there are a lot of toppings, a deep pan is likely going to be less greasy to hold, although it makes no difference to what's being ingested. I vary in what I want, but at the moment the deeper base is absolutely my flavour of the month. Simply put, it's satisfying.

[Johnnytheboy]

Levin said:

Sometimes a deep pan really hits the spot in a way a thinner base doesn't. If there are a lot of toppings, a deep pan is likely going to be less greasy to hold, although it makes no difference to what's being ingested. I vary in what I want, but at the moment the deeper base is absolutely my flavour of the month. Simply put, it's satisfying.

I suppose my reason for eating a pizza is the toppings, so a deep pan reduces the toppings/pizza ratio.

[DanL]

Also - don’t confuse deep pan with deep dish.

[Levin]

Johnnytheboy said:

I suppose my reason for eating a pizza is the toppings, so a deep pan reduces the toppings/pizza ratio.

I can't fault your logic (unless you pick grim toppings ). My go-to, regardless of base, is pepperoni which can sometimes leave it a little greasy. When the base is the better part of an inch thick it masks that quite well. Now I'm wondering why the likes of Domino's and other pizzerias don't offer deeper bases.

[Buffy d]

You can buy proper bake-at-home deep-dish pizza kits from Japes - they have a restaurant in London and I can confirm they are really delicious, so I'm tempted to try one of the kits:
https://shop.japes.uk/collections/all

[KingofKong]

All pizza is good right? Just that some are better than others, I’d take a thin crust over deep, but a calzone over thin and always double pepperoni.

[Majorslow]

Puggit said:

Made pizzas in the Ooni on Monday which were so thin we cut them with kitchen scissors instead of using the pizza cutter!

A few years ago, we flew in to Orlando on holiday and ordered a pizza from a nearby restaurant. Arrived at the equivalent of 2am UK time... it was literally 2 inches deep filled with tomato sauce and cheese with pepperoni on top, with a massive pastry-like crust. We called it a pizza pie. What the hell is with the Americans?!

Just bought my wife one, came with a broken board, waiting for a replacement....are they decent pizza's?