The concept of the pizza project is to eat half a pizza after cooking each day, and to eat the leftovers the next day. The idea was inspired by a grocery store being sold, causing me to loose the primary supplier of what had become my favorite frozen pizza. The acquiring store carries many varieties of pizzas so after acquiring a basketful the experiment began.
Day 2 and with the Connie's frozen pizza out of box a thought occurred to me, all frozen pizzas look a lot alike. Then again, they may feel the same about us.
Just glancing at it there seems to be less pepperoni than on the Bellatoria from yesterday. There were 16 slices on the Bella, but the Connie comes in at 16 slices too. The sausage bits are about the same size, quantity there is harder to judge.
Before we see it cooked, here's the stats:
Price: $6.99 (the range was $5 to $9.99)
Calories: 340 for 1/5 of a pizza (adjusted to two sizes of a pizza cut 8 ways that works out to 425 calories. Maybe I'll address the caloric differences another day).
Cooking Temp: 400 F. That converts to about 204.4 C.
Cooking Time: The instructions call for 16 to 20 minutes. I went with 18, another judgement call.
And on to the finished product!
Here's the subjective part. How was it? I didn't have any particular expectations given it looks the same as the Bella, but was pleasantly surprised. This was a good pizza! It went well with all the sauces as well. The left overs were tasty too.
A quick bit about the sauces. I'm not talking pizza sauces here, I'm talking seasoning the pizza with these:
To keep things consistent, each pizza was cut into 8 slices. Four were set aside for the next day. Of the remaining four, one was eaten straight and eaten first. Rude to the chef to season your food before you even try it. Each of the remaining three got a dash of one of the sauces. Cholula was found years ago and works well with any pizza. Franks is a new comer to this household. And Tabasco is just a classic. I'm not a big fan of spicy food that is just hot for the sake of being hot. That is not what these sauces are about. A few shakes of these on a slice just adds a different flavor. More a taste gimmick than anything else, but there you go.
As I mentioned above Cholula complements any pizza I've had. Works great with the Connie's too. The Tabasco also fit nicely with the Connie's pizza.
Tomorrow we move on the the letter D as the pizzas continue to go down in alphabetical order!
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