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Frozen Pizza

  • 09-03-2014 11:26PM
    #1
    urabell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭


    Had the bird over and we decided to order a pizza, then we saw that domino's charge 20€ for a large pizza and remembered we're not mental.

    Naturally we decided to put on a frozen pizza, it was a chicago town takeaway special or something along those lines. Watery sauce, unsubstantial meat portions and a cardboard crust. And to top it off it was nearly 6€.

    Anyway, when I decide to eat carbs again in 6 months or so I'd prefer not to repeat this experience.

    I'm sure there's quite a few of you that think frozen food has a place in a balanced diet, I'd appreciate if one of you could step in with a recommendation for me. Is it possible to buy from tesco and get that takeaway taste?


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  • #2
    cruais
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭cruais


    No


  • #3
    SpannerMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭SpannerMonkey


    it is but any of the good stuff is the same price as a take away


  • #4
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    The bird?!


  • #5
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    urabell wrote: »
    Is it possible to buy from tesco and get that takeaway taste?

    That rotten domino's taste? why in the feck would you want to emulate that?

    and what kind of bird did you put on it? seagull?


  • #6
    Artful_Badger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Artful_Badger


    15" from Apache is 9.99 and every bit as nice as Domino's. Dr Oetkers is the only nice frozen pizza but you dont get much for your buck.


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  • #7
    Simply Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭Simply Red


    Dominos always have 40% off codes running, see this thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056744169&page=20


  • #8
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,554 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    there's surely plenty of non chain takeaways too that do pizza where you live

    best plzzas in carlow come from a turkish place and an "italian" chipper


  • #9
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    Can't understand how people like Dominos, overpriced to hell.

    Dunno what pizza you picked but there are a few frozen pizzas that are gorgeous, Milanos ones are very nice. Doesn't take much longer to make your own if you have a breadmaker either.


  • #10
    Artful_Badger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Artful_Badger


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    there's surely plenty of non chain takeaways too that do pizza where you live

    best plzzas in carlow come from a turkish place and an "italian" chipper

    What might these establishments be called ? I've never had a really nice pizza from a chipper.


  • #11
    urabell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭urabell


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    The bird?!

    It's what people who were raised correctly call there 'moth'
    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    That rotten domino's taste? why in the feck would you want to emulate that?

    and what kind of bird did you put on it? seagull?

    I have fairly limited experience with take away pizza but I thought domino's was the place to go
    Artful_Badger wrote: »
    15" from Apache is 9.99 and every bit as nice as Domino's. Dr Oetkers is the only nice frozen pizza but you dont get much for your buck.

    Are you sure? this is an annual event for me

    9.99 sounds good though I'l check it out


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  • #12
    Drakares
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 904 ✭✭✭Drakares


    Funny you mentioned it.

    Me and the missus made a home made pizza tonight. I was feeling lazy and wanted to order in, but we opted to making it from scratch:

    - 1 diced onion
    - 5-8 mushrooms
    - Tuna
    - Ham

    had a tin of tomatoes and grated cheese already there. Herself made the base in 3-5 mins.

    Took 10 mins of prepping and 18 in the oven.

    Was absolutely amazing, nicer than any takeout pizza or 20 quid equivalent in a fancy restaraunt. And we had it on the plate quicker than we would if we'd have ordered. Guaranteed to be healtier too!

    PS: Just replace the toppings here what I used with what you fancy yourself. It really will taste amazing, you'll realize how much yer being ripped off by buying the frozen kind, and the dominos 20 euro version is beyond the most profitable thing as far as food goes.. A pizza costs about 20 cent to make for these large companies, and less than a euro for those of us who make it at home!


  • #13
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    urabell wrote: »
    not mental.
    For sure?
    when I decide to eat carbs again in 6 months or so
    Lies.


  • #14
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Why do people order fron Dominos, they're absolutely rank.

    I just go to Italy to get my pizza, quick fly over and pizza to go, grazie.


  • #15
    whupdedo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭whupdedo


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    The bird?!

    He means his auld doll:rolleyes:


  • #16
    Cedrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Cedrus


    Lidl thin crust are far superior to any of the 'posh' shops (but they don't do the Vegetale anymore :(). in fact Lidl frozen pizzas are superior to some of the takeaways like Four Star and Apache, it's a long time since I had a Dominos so I won't compare them.


  • #17
    131spanner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭131spanner


    I halved a large Apache with a friend on Friday, think it was €9.99 so five quid each wasn't bad. Nice pizza I thought!


  • #18
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    you'd buy the tipo flour, the sauce and cheese for less than €6 to make your own, surely there are toppings already in your fridge like ham, onions ect... plus it would impress the missus no end


  • #19
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,554 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    Artful_Badger wrote: »
    What might these establishments be called ? I've never had a really nice pizza from a chipper.

    shamrock on barrack st does lovely pizzas, cheap too

    and while i've not had many of umbertos regular pizzas 'the don' is perfection in a 2.5 x 2 foot box

    + 2 chips and 2 cokes for 25 euro


    you'd feed an army with it

    a five person army


  • #20
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    The bird?!
    It's incredibly bad-ass all right. I'm soaking.


  • #21
    Gbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    Making Pizzas is fairly easy.
    It needs a bit of time but you can make the dough in batches and freeze them, defrosting a couple of hours before you want to cook it.

    Dough:
    http://www.gianni.tv/pizza-margherita-2/
    You can use strong white flour but "00" flour is ideal.

    Sauce:
    Briefly fry
    1 medium shallot finely diced,
    2 large cloves of garlic, minced
    3 bay leaves
    in about 3-4 tbsp of olive oil

    add
    1 jar of passata
    salt
    pepper
    oregano

    Simmer on a low heat, stirring occasionally for about 45 minutes until the you can draw a line through it with your wooden spoon and it doesn't fill it back in again.
    Season with a bit of salt and honey until it's to your liking.

    For the pizza itself, turn your oven as high as it'll go.
    It helps to have something ceramic or a big lump of metal that you can cook the pizza on.
    It takes about 12 minutes at 230C.


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  • #22
    BetterThanThou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭BetterThanThou


    Personally, my favorite is the Chicago Town takeaway one, but, judging by your post, you didn't like that one. I'd definitely try a few different takeaways. I was under the impression that takeaway pizza was always terrible. But then one night I was really in the mood for pizza, so I ordered one from my local takeaway, and it was some of the best pizza I've ever tasted, so takeaways definitely can get pizza right, you just need to find the right one.


  • #23
    urabell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭urabell


    No interest in making my own pizza, if you'd like to go over some recipes that won't end in gout and heart disease I'd be happy to assist.

    I eat a takeaway pizza once a year and a chinese maybe a further 2 or 3 times, the other 360 or so days I eat like a shaolin monk who's discovered red meat.


  • #24
    FTA69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭FTA69


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    It's incredibly bad-ass all right. I'm soaking.

    PM sent.


  • #25
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Balanced diet. Pizza. Does not compute.


  • #26
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    whupdedo wrote: »
    He means his auld doll:rolleyes:

    A blow up?


  • #27
    vitani
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭vitani


    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    Balanced diet. Pizza. Does not compute.

    Thanked because of the username.


  • #28
    Gbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    urabell wrote: »
    No interest in making my own pizza, if you'd like to go over some recipes that won't end in gout and heart disease I'd be happy to assist.

    I eat a takeaway pizza once a year and a chinese maybe a further 2 or 3 times, the other 360 or so days I eat like a shaolin monk who's discovered red meat.

    Nothing particularly unhealthy about pizza.
    It's just high in calories.

    You'd want to steer clear of processed meats like chorizo and so on, because they give you bowel cancer if you eat too much of them but other than that, it's regularly eating very large pizzas with 8 kinds of meat and a ton of cheese that's the problem.


  • #29
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    vitani wrote: »
    Thanked because of the username.

    Thanked because you thanked my post.


  • #30
    tempnam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭tempnam


    As others have said you're better off making your own. At least then you'll know exactly what's in it since you're so concerned about what you're putting in your body.

    But someone mentioned making their own dough in 3-5 mins.... That can't be right, as the yeast takes much longer than that to activate. ..

    BTW I'd anyone is interested there's a good recipe for pizza dough on Jamie Oliver's website


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  • #31
    tempnam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭tempnam


    As others have said you're better off making your own. At least then you'll know exactly what's in it since you're so concerned about what you're putting in your body.

    But someone mentioned making their own dough in 3-5 mins.... That can't be right, as the yeast takes much longer than that to activate. ..

    BTW I'd anyone is interested there's a good recipe for pizza dough on Jamie Oliver's website


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