We’ve all eaten frozen pizza. It’s a convenient way to feed yourself or the whole family. Frozen pizzas are easy; on your wallet as well as your time. However, the convenience and money savings doesn’t mean it should lack on taste. With a few tips, you can turn any regular pizza into an amazing “pie.”
There is an abundance of add-on ingredients available to create a memorable pie. The easiest, of course, is to add fresh mozzarella that will deliver an ooey gooey cheese pulling dining experience.
Up the ante by switching out a frozen sausage pizza for plain cheese and then add refrigerated pre-cooked sausage. There is a variety of exciting new flavors in the marketplace and sliced, crumbled or diced versions that can easily be added and baked into the pizza pie. Using fresher ingredients for toppings will reduce the number of items with that freezer burn taste. For a spicy Mexican flavor, use chorizo sausage instead of Italian. To take it up a few more notches think fresh herbs, shaved fennel, red onion, or roasted garlic for the top off your pie. Adding these little touches, can take your pizza from being run of the mill to something your family won’t soon forget.
The crust on a frozen pizza is rarely as good as the crust on a fresh pie. The best way to get a frozen pizza crust crispy is to get air under it and that can be done by placing the pie directly on the oven rack. Just keep an eye on it to avoid burning and take care in removing it from the rack.
Another great option is to line the bottom of a cookie sheet with Pizza Panko™ Breadcrumbs from Newly Weds Foods. Place the frozen pie on top and bake per directions on the package. This will allow for air flow that creates a perfectly “crisp” crust.
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