Cold, flat dough

Last night when we made pizza, we used dough that I had picked up from Bertucci’s several hours earlier in the day. I bought three orders of dough, but asked them to roll out flat one of them, but leave the others in balls so I could freeze them. I put it in the refrigerator, so it was cold when I brought it to prepare.

When the pizza was done, the dough was stiff and flat. Still tasted good, but it seemed tougher than usual. Was this caused by the temperature of the dough? At Bertucci’s, they keep the dough out in the open (in containers), at room temperature. I bet that if the dough goes into the over at a lower temperature, it won’t reach the necessary temperature needed to cook the way it should.

Next time, I’m going to use room temperature dough.

Crushed Tomatoes

Tonight we made pizza again and this time we used a blend of tomato paste and crushed tomatoes. The result was delicious! We also ran out of mozzarella so I shredded some monterey jack too, and that tasted fine.

Pizza Recall




Watch out for the following frozen pizza recall, affecting the following frozen pizza products:

– Totino’s Party Supreme - SKU number 42800-10700
– Totino’s Three Meat - SKU number 42800-10800
– Totino’s Pepperoni - SKU number 42800-11400
– Totino’s Pepperoni - SKU number 42800-92114
– Totino’s Classic Pepperoni - SKU number 42800-11402
– Totino’s Pepperoni Trio - SKU number 42800-72157
– Totino’s Party Combo - SKU number 42800-11600
– Totino’s Combo - SKU number 42800-92116
– Jeno’s Crisp ‘n Tasty Supreme - SKU number 35300-00561
– Jeno’s Crisp ‘n Tasty Pepperoni - SKU number 35300-00572
– Jeno’s Crisp ‘n Tasty Combo - SKU number 35300-00576

General Mills is recalling these pizzas due to a potential risk of E. coli infection.

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/87574.php

Papa Ginos Picture

Here’s a picture of a a local Papa Gino’s with a Boston Market right next door:

Papa Gino’s Pizza

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Tonight’s Pizza




Tonight’s pizza wasn’t nearly as good as some others I’ve made. What went wrong? Too much garlic, too little sauce, too much cheese. Ugh.

My Site Dedicated to Pizza

Pizza is by far my favorite food - its delicious, admit it. I also have a food blog where I post about a lot of other foods, but this one will be just for pizza.

Some of my favorite pizza spots are:

  • Bertucci’s
  • Pinnocio’s in Harvard Square
  • Santarpio’s in East Boston

Trader Joe’s has some amazing frozen pizza too.

My wife and I cook pizza a lot using dough from Bertucci’s.