{"id":6450,"date":"2011-11-24T04:29:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T12:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=6450"},"modified":"2011-11-24T04:29:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T12:29:34","slug":"home-cooking-test-target-frozen-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=6450","title":{"rendered":"Home Cooking Test – Target Frozen Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Target Stores has developed their own in-store brand for many foods carried in the grocery section – the brand name is Archer Farms<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last nite we were picking up a few pre-holiday items, and by impulse, I grabbed the frozen “Sicilian Style Thin Crust Pizza.”<\/p>\n

The further description offered on the box front states “Genoa salami<\/a>, capicola ham<\/a>, and Italian sausage<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

While there are many Archer Farms products which are\u00a0“natural” or certified\u00a0Organic, this product does not fit into that category, and\u00a0allergen information states clearly the product contains wheat, soy, and milk.<\/p>\n

The Archer Farms product closely resembles\u00a0California Pizza Kitchen’s “Sicilian Style<\/a>” frozen pie, in terms of ingredients, appearance, texture and taste. (CPK’s variety includes more herbs than Target’s.<\/p>\n

There are two things immediately obvious with the Archer Farm’s product, first, of course, being the price difference – it’s\u00a0 couple of bucks less than the CPK offering.<\/p>\n

Archer Farm’s pie has (by the eyeball measuring method), more toppings.\u00a0 The label tells us that the meat toppings on the Target pizza are all pork.<\/p>\n

This is an “ultra” thin crust pizza, ‘cracker-crispy” throughout, and bakes quickly (9-10 minutes) in a conventional oven.\u00a0 The sauce is slightly on the sweet side, and I enjoyed the meat toppings immensely, especially the large format pieces of sausage, and the salami.<\/p>\n

Fennel was a detectible presence, and that’s one of my favorite sausage flavors.<\/p>\n

At the price, less than $5, it’s a very good value in frozen pizza.<\/p>\n

If you enjoy thin crust, meat topped frozen pies, Archer Farm’s Sicilian Style\u00a0is a good bet.\u00a0 Now appearing at many Target Stores near you. (Locator<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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