{"id":10468,"date":"2013-11-12T09:41:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T17:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=10468"},"modified":"2013-11-12T09:41:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T17:41:26","slug":"aldi-frozen-pizza-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=10468","title":{"rendered":"Why Are European Made Frozen Pizzas Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t get it. Frozen pizzas from Europe kick the ass out of the US made ones. \u00a0With the exception of Vito and Nicks II<\/a>, out of Chicago, I have seldom (OK, never) run into a frozen US pizza that compares in taste or texture to those made in Europe. \u00a0Trader Joe’s has some excellent ones that I have previously written about, like their Wild Mushroom<\/a>, \u00a0Margherita<\/a>, and the Olympiad<\/a> brand ones.<\/p>\n

Today I tested Mama Cozzi’s\u00a0Stone Baked Caprese Pizza, which are made in Germany for the US discount grocery chain Aldi<\/a>. Curiously, or not, Aldi and Trader Joe’s share a corporate parent.<\/p>\n

This pie, boasts three cheeses, cherry tomatoes, and marinated semi-dried tomatoes. \u00a0An even 16 ounces. Baked at 400 for 12 minutes or so. \u00a0“Italian style crust” the box says, along with “100 % real cheese.”<\/p>\n

I’m not usually one for ‘plain’ cheese pizzas, preferring those that are piled high with as many processed pork products one can fit on the pie.<\/p>\n

This is good. \u00a0Crispy crust, a little thicker than what most consider “thin crusts”, good tasting cheese with ‘pull’, flavorful herbs and sauce. \u00a0Taste and texture very similar to a local pizzeria in Europe, and as these are sold at Aldi’s, they are ‘value priced’ as well.<\/p>\n

So, US manufacturers – Tombstone, DiGiorno, CPK, Red Baron, Palermo, and all the rest? \u00a0What’s the deal? \u00a0Why can’t you make a pie that at LEAST equals this, if not the Trader Joe’s offerings? \u00a0 A number of brands are now owned by Swiss based Nestle, maybe they can transition a few to excellence. \u00a0Hope so!<\/p>\n

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Aldi Frozen Pizza Review<\/p>\n

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I don’t get it. Frozen pizzas from Europe kick the ass out of the US made ones. \u00a0With the exception of Vito and Nicks II, out of Chicago, I have seldom (OK, never) run into a frozen US pizza that compares in taste or texture to those made in Europe. \u00a0Trader Joe’s has some excellent… Continue reading Why Are European Made Frozen Pizzas Better?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,22],"tags":[1500,1501],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10468"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}