Best supermarket or brand pizza

[PigsInBlanketyBlankets]

Hi,

Every Saturday is pizza night with Strictly and instead of takeaway, this year we're going to work our way through some supermarket ones to save on money (and hopefully calories!)

So what's your favourite supermarket pizza please. My current favourite is Aldi Calbrese with rocket side salad

Waitrose Garlic Mushroom and spinach stone baked.
Or the M&S equivalent in their wood fired range. (A bit better than the Waitrose ones).

Have you made your own? Really easy, so much tastier. Probably not cheaper than ready made but still a lot cheaper than takeaway.

I have a secret soft spot for a Dr Oetker mushroom

However I also recommend all the Sainsburys Taste The difference ones. Except any that involve chicken- that is a crime against pizza.

I don't think M&S do the garlic mushroom and spinach one any more. That was my favourite.

I despair at the choice of pizza toppings in supermarkets and from takeaways. It's like you don't matter if you don't like some form of pepperoni or chicken on your pizza.

Most places have more choice within the 'spicy processed meat' selection than anything that's vegetarian where it's usually plain margarita or mixed vegetable but that is usually ruined by the crime that is sweetcorn.

So I generally get a plain one and put some mushrooms, peppers, onions and olives on.

I like the Sainbury's Taste the Difference ones a lot, that's my go-to for pizza night.

Crosta and mollica spinach and garlic mushroom. And I don't share it

Crosta mollica are the best by a country mile.

If you're open to making your own, M+s also do a nice stonebaked base which is lovely. You can get the northern pizza co dough balls in most supermarkets now and they're great if you have a pizza tray or mesh and an oven that gets hot enough. Mutti pizza sauce, nice mozzarella (m+s and Waitrose organic are the best), and a drizzle of olive oil.

I've made myself hungry.

TESCO finest ones are lovely.

I add onion, garlic, chilli and cherry tomatoes.

Supermarket pizzas have gone up in price so much recently.
I love Lidl's Deluxe pizza range, especially the Spicy Chicken Arrabbiata one. I think it is £5 now though, so not sure when we will next splurge on it!!

Chicago Town stuffed crust pepperoni or meat feast.

Another vote for Crosta and Mollica. My favourite is the salami and pepperoni 😍DH prefers the ham and mushroom.

I wonder if the supermarkets and Crosta and Mollica are ready for the army of Mumsnetters charging to their doors to buy their pizzas for their weekend pizza night?

I don't think it's faffy either. I use a pizza express recipe with instant yeast and olive oil. Super easy and kids love it. I'd disagree that it's cheap though I seem to spend a fortune on sliced meats and seafood on pizza night. It's a good way of getting them to try new things though.

I like my crust paper thin with feta and olives. Lots of rocket on the side.

M&S Woodfired pizza - 3 cheese & truffle or ham, mushroom & mascarpone

Any from M&S/Waitrose, Tesco finest (especially the 4 cheese and caramelised onion one) or the fresh ones from Morrisons/sainsburys that are made in store.

Asda stonebaked or Aldi stonebaked - the bases are the most 'pizza like' rather than stale pillows like Asda make your own.

I'm another who CBA to make my own but we sometimes buy naan breads and use those as a base to make our own, much nicer than shop bought pizza bases, it was a gousto recipe box that introduced me to that idea!

Ooooh this, too - we do naan pizzas a lot and they're gorge 😍

Yes of course, Crosta & Mollica not Crolla. Why do I forget that? I have made my own dough quite often, but the pizzas are always a bit hard round the edges so I don't feel it's worth the effort. I saw Jus-Rol pizza dough in Sainsbury's the other day and wondered about trying it, any opinions?

The Morrisons finest ones are really good, I get the plain margarita and then add anchovies, olives and capers, and once it's out of the oven some parmesan and then top with rocket.

@Bloodybridget possibly not getting the oven your enough before you put the pizza in or over kneaded the dough?

*hot enough!

That's a good deal

Tesco takeaway style stuffed crust are the favourite ones in this house and DH likes Lidl ham and pineapple.

When I want something different I make our own (Dds prefer Tesco pizza dough for the base while I like making our own) because I like weird combos like kale and garlic mushrooms while the rest of the family disown me

Oooh naan bread as a pizza base , will definitely be trying that !