Recipes

[Peaches McPhee]

I view thin crusts the same way I view veggie burgers.  Veggie burgers are good on their own, but are not a replacement of a meat burger.  Both are great in their own way.  Same thing with thin vs. thick crusts.  Depends on your mood and what you want to eat that day.

[QVCkitty1]

Thin crust is my pizza of choice, I don' want a doughy crust .

[IMW]

In NYC, the original home of American pizza, real pizza is only thin crust, and quite a competitive art. Relatives  outside the NYC area have thin crust pizza shipped to them. There is simply no comparison in the delicacy of the pizza. Really excellent thin crust pizza is crisp not soggy at all and devine in taste, texture and balance of ingredients.

There are a myriad of types and toppings, thick crust pizza is called scillian in NY. It is also very good, but still much thinner than deep dish.

With great pride I consider myself a pizza connoisseur, when done "right" (which is totally subjective of course) it is a perfect food.

[Ms X]

Pizza is only second to lasagna on my list of favorite foods.  I like thin crust and the thicker crust, which is Sicilian pizza.  There are shops in Boston's North End that make only the Sicilian variety, or at least there used to be when I was always in the area. 

[Desertdi]

Use flour tortillas instead of pizza crust

[mima]

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@Hot Street wrote:

Good to know.

Thanks.

I was concerned that it may taste more like a snack then a pizza.  I love biting into a gooey and tomatoy (sp??) pizza.  I wasn't sure if the thinner crust would lessen the experience.

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Anytime you try to cut the calories and fat, it lessens the experience!  LOL  

It depends on what I'm in the mood for really. I  love them equally and have a hard time deciding.  You'll never know til you try it!

[chickenbutt]

If you have a Papa Murphy's near you (it is a national chain, I believe), they have a really nice thin crust like you mentioned.

This is a place where you go to get the pizza.  They make it right then and there, in front of you.  Then you take it home and put it in the oven.

Once or twice a year we get the thin crust one with the chicken, artichoke, spinach, bacon, and parm sauce.   It goes in a 425F oven for 14 minutes and it's perfect.   It's in their 'De-Lite' line.   Soooooo good I can't even express with words how good it is.   The crazy thing is - it's like $10 to $12 for a large.  

We will each eat two pieces and i will have pizza for two more meals out of it. (I re-heat it in my convection oven at 250F for about 20 minutes and it's perfect.

[sabatini]

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@luvdoodles wrote:

I prefer a thin crust pizza. Love bar room style pizza. I would rather fill up on the toppings rather than all the dough in the crust. People are very selective about their pizza. We are all different.  

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By any chance, are you an east coast girl? Bar pizza, and fried clams are the 2 foods I miss from there!

IMO, there is NOTHING like a great bar pizza! The last time I was on the east cost, I even asked my favorite place for their recipe. No deal. They wouln't even divulge what cheese they use. Bummer.

[Carmie]

I don't understand why you think pizza dough contains a lot of fat.  The fat on pizza is coming from the cheese and meat toppings.  The crust is high in carbs, not fat.

[Kachina624]

If you're worried about eating fat, what are you doing about all the grease in the cheese and pizza meats like sausage and pepperoni?   The crust would be the least of your worries.  Pizza is so greasy that I just can't stomach it.  I rarely if ever eat it.