Cutting edge! (Chicago Town Edge to Edge NewYork Deli Pizza)

Member Name: abbadabbado

Product:	Chicago Town Edge to Edge NewYork Deli Pizza
Date:	12/01/09 (310 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: no crusts

Disadvantages: very thin

Whilst we were in the supermarket this morning, we came across the end of freezer special offer section. There were Chicago Town pizzas on offer at half price for £1.24 instead of £2.49. A pizza is always a good thing to have on standby in the freezer so into the trolley it went.
Sadly it didn't last long in the freezer as a standby as we've eaten it tonight for dinner. When we bought it none of us realised that it was a thin and crispy base. Usually all the family prefer a deep pan, but never mind we had it now so it had to be eaten.
It did have a distinguishing feature however and that was that there was no crust. The topping went from edge to edge. I like lots of topping on my pizzas and often leave the crust so was quite pleased about this too.

The packaging of the pizza is standard that you find in all oven pizzas. Inside the brightly coloured cardboard box the pizza is wrapped in shrink film, and you just have to cut it off before placing on an oven proof dish and popping in the oven for 20 minutes or so at 200 degrees.
Frozen, the pizza looks quite appetising. It looks almost like something I would have made, with a very thin base, covered in lots of different toppings.
This particular pizza, the New York Delicatessen has ham, pepperoni, onion, cheese and mushrooms. It looks much the same as a pepperoni pizza you can buy in any brand but it was nice to see mushrooms included.

I always check my pizzas often when they're in the oven otherwise I forget about them and they burn! Being a thin crust pizza I didn't want to leave too long either and I found that once I turned it once on the shelf during cooking time, it was done to perfection in twenty minutes.
The down fall of the pizza having no crusts is that some of the topping spilled over the edge and melted against the baking tray, making the pizza stick. I had to prize it off with a knife to slide the pizza onto a plate.

There was ample topping included in the pizza, and I found it slightly messy when cooking as the pepperoni slices didn't want to be cut and the base almost crumbled slightly when it came into contact with a knife.
Saying that I did manage to eat mine with my hands. I prefer pizza with hands rather than a knife and fork, but I appreciate some people are the opposite...

The taste test is always the best. I found the base of the pizza to actually crumble in my mouth apart from the pieces near the edge that more crunched as I bit into them. There was generous topping to munch through and the onion was a prominent taste when I was eating along with smoked ham. The pepperoni seemed to be quite tasteless in many ways compared to the other flavours. Sadly the mushrooms were very small and almost non descript as well, but I could taste them every now and again.

Overall it tasted like a pizza I would make, but a lot nicer. I liked the fact there were no crusts, but I'm not sure I would be prepared to pay full price for this as there isn't a lot to go around and isn't as filling due to the lack of dough involved.

For allergy information this pizza contains gluten, milk and wheat. Per ¼ of the pizza you will be provided with 218 calories and 11.8 grams of fat. Overall not a massively bad pizza compared to some in terms of nutritional content.

Summary: a different pizza