Frozen pizza

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To buy a frozen pizza. Are they all rubbish tasting soggy messes or are there any that are any good?

I like Asda's takeaway stuffed crust. The chicken and bacon one is delicious.

It's about the only shop bought pizza I can stomach.

ASDA Takeaway Stuffed Crust BBQ Chicken & Bacon Pizza - ASDA Groceries

The Zizzi ones are fab. You can get them in Tesco.

Yeah but you'd need to buy in lots of ingredients and it won't have the tasty processed chemicals in it

I love a Dr Oetker funghi (though it does leave me thirsty so I suspect lots of salt).

Try an Dr oetker

Crosta and mollica are almost as good as my homemade (which is good!) with the advantage that you can get straight from freezer. Watch out for special offers at Tesco

One made from scratch, without all the additives found in a ready made, processed pizza.

Yes we get it. But I haven't got time for that plus the additives make it taste nice.

Loving the

10 mins to mix, all day to rise, 20 mins to roll out, 15 mins to do something else, 10 mins to put toppings on then simply bake ... and you have 2 whole pizzas quick and easy !

As a viable alternative to

2 mins to tear open a few boxes then simply bake ...

I know which one i do when i need to feed all 6 of us quickly 😆

@salamirose "
Yeah but you'd need to buy in lots of ingredients and it won't have the tasty processed chemicals in it"

Don't agree about the "lots of ingredients". But good point about the tasty chemicals. 🤣

It is. I do it all the time. Even have a woodfired pizza oven.

Sometimes I don't have a pizza base in the freezer because we've used them. Sometimes I cba with making the dough. Sometimes, I want food that is cooked in 15 minutes with literally no thought or prep required. Sometimes I've had a VERY long day at work and need to not think about what I'm putting in the oven but still have a happy family....

The ones in my coop are round now!!!!

@Laiste But you do that with the home made one you put in the freezer!

Crosta & Mollica do a pizza base. Just add some grated cheese and other toppings and hey presto! Tasty and easy.

Crosta and mollica unfortunately are not vegetarian. It's really annoying how they took a Margherita pizza and made it non-vegetarian in a market full of vegetarians. And that they went to the effort of making a vegan pizza but not a vegetarian one (that is easily and usually vegetarian in this country).

@CurlewKate what recipe do you use for your dough please?

I used to think that and avoided making pizza for ages. now I literally throw in flour (really helps to use 00 flour), olive oil, salt and a mix of lukewarm water, sugar and yeast into the stand mixer (if you dont have one, its a 7 minute knead). I don't measure anything and just keep adding flour until the dough feels right. I prove for an hour and then divide into balls and put in individual plastic boxes into the fridge (have to make sure there is enough space for them to expand). they prove beautifully and taste better each day. can keep up to 4 days. I have a pizza pretty much most days, takes five mins to just stretch it out and top with whatever I fancy (i often use jar pesto by scala). a pizza tray really helps and I turn up the oven to max.

I love making my own pizza, BUT we always keep a couple of Tesco stuffed crusts in the freezer for emergencies/can't be arsed nights. They're really yummy

doesn't it have to be somewhere warm to rise?

We like the Tesco ones. Prefer them to some of the branded ones and great value for money.

Good fellas pepperoni normal crust love them

No, and a slower rise can be good. I often make pizza dough the day before (especially if the family are coming over for it) and stick it in the fridge to rise overnight. Even in the fridge it can go a bit mental and explode out of my bowl. Side note, must get a bigger bowl for rising dough!

Another vote for Crosta Mollica (when on clubcard prices at Tesco) and the Sainsbury's taste the difference ones are good too.

The pizza express ones aren't too bad either. Although they're better from the fresh section (but I believe they freeze).

Aldi do a dupe of these.Theyre less than £2 and taste exactly the same