{"id":16022,"date":"2016-04-21T13:25:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T18:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=16022"},"modified":"2016-04-21T13:25:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T18:25:42","slug":"mandia-ciboitaliano-frozen-pizza-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=16022","title":{"rendered":"Mandia Ciboitaliano Frozen Pizza Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mandia<\/a>I’ve wondered aloud many times why US frozen pizza manufacturers can’t make a really great pie. I’ve had a few really good ones from smaller Chicago manufacturers, such as Vito & Nicks II<\/a>, and Home Run Inn, but the big guys? Totinos? Red Baron? Tombstone?<\/p>\n

Yechh. \u00a0Fortunately, several years ago, I “discovered” the frozen pizzas at Trader Joes, all of which are imported from France or Italy and are f***ing great. There’s the Olympiad<\/a>, with feta and olives, and the margherita<\/a> that I’ve tried and been happy with.<\/p>\n

Lo and behold, the other day I was in a “Fresh Thyme<\/a>” market, and they have a pizza from Italy called\u00a0Mandia Ciboitaliano, from a contract, private label manufacturer\u00a0F.I.A.D. SRL. \u00a0Not much information is available online about the manufacturer. \u00a0This version is a margherita, with tomatos and cheese. Pretty hard actually to find a purer ingredient list:\u00a0Wheat flour, water, tomatoots, mozzarella,\u00a0grana padano cheese, egg whites, salt, EVOO, yeast. Wow.<\/p>\n

It bakes up fast at 475, the box provides instructions for frozen or thawed, it just take a few moments if thawed, and less than ten if frozen. \u00a0 Doughy crust, REAL<\/strong> cheese, and sauce that tastes like……………….wait for it…………………TOMATOES!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

AND IT’S A GREAT PIE.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I’ll do it again. Often. \u00a0Don’t know if they make other varieties, but I’m find with this basic cheese version, and I can pile on processed pork pizza toppings if I am so inclined.<\/p>\n

If you see these in your store, stock up. They may be available at Whole Foods, I’ve seen a reference to that, but cannot personally attest to the fact.<\/p>\n

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I’ve wondered aloud many times why US frozen pizza manufacturers can’t make a really great pie. I’ve had a few really good ones from smaller Chicago manufacturers, such as Vito & Nicks II, and Home Run Inn, but the big guys? Totinos? Red Baron? Tombstone? Yechh. \u00a0Fortunately, several years ago, I “discovered” the frozen pizzas… Continue reading Mandia Ciboitaliano Frozen Pizza Review<\/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":[1505],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16022"}],"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=16022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}