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Top This!
Fire-Grilled Pizza Crusts Review and Recipes
By: Heather Wirtz
While at the supermarket last week, we sampled a great new "pizza crust" product that my boys and I both loved! Not only is it convenient, but it is healthy and perfect for a quick weeknight dinner (or game day snack)! Since everyone gave Top This! a thumbs up and I was in search of a quick meal for karate night, we purchased a package and picked up some of our favorite toppings.
The the boys choose sauce, cheese and broccoli and the "adult" pizza got topped with sauce, cheese, mushrooms, zucchini, ricotta and black pepper. Each pizza took less than 10 minutes to cook and get perfectly crispy. Two Top This! pizzas with some vegetables on the side was a suitable portion size for a family of 5. Check out the photos below to see our creations!
Additional information about Top This!
With a package of Top This! pizza crusts and the right topping ingredients, any home cook can easily and quickly produce a gourmet pizza without all the work and mess of starting from scratch. The precooked pizza crusts simply need to be topped in any number of ways and either heated in the oven or on an outdoor grill. Within minutes, an impressive thin-crust pizza is ready to serve.
When it comes to the home cook making a grilled pizza, the possibilities are limitless, from the classic tomato and cheese pizza to the exotic pineapple and barbecue chicken pizza. And the cost of making these grilled pizzas at home is a fraction of what it would cost to have the same type of pizzas in a restaurant. It is the perfect food to serve at summer cookouts, when you’re tailgating, at holiday parties, or simply when you’re craving an authentic gourmet pizza.
Top This! pizza crusts are 13” diameter and ⅛ inch thick. The pizza crusts are hand grilled, all natural and have no preservatives. Top This! is available in traditional white crust or whole wheat.
Top This! pizza crusts can be purchased at markets throughout Rhode Island and much of southern New England, New York, New Jersey and Florida. The fully cooked thin pizza crusts come two to a package and can be found in the refrigerated section of stores.
The company that makes Top This! Fire-Grilled Pizza Crusts is owned by Roger Dwyer, a well-known figure on the Rhode Island hospitality scene. Recently retired from teaching, he taught “front-of-the-house” classes at Johnson & Wales University for 20 years, and he has worked as a consultant for a number of restaurants.
Details on Top This! can be found at the company’s website: www.topthispizzacrusts.com.
Top This! recipe suggestions:
Crusts are already grilled, so all these recipes call for baking on the middle shelf of a 450º oven for 8-10 minutes. Sauces should go on after the cheese either by dolloping them or applying them from a squeeze bottle in a zigzag pattern.
Authentic Pizza
1 Top This! pizza crust
1 cup loosely packed pizza cheese
⅓ cup Pomodoro sauce
¼ cup pesto sauce
After baking sprinkle 1 tablespoon chopped parsley and ¼ cup diced scallion (green part only)
Pineapple & BBQ Chicken Pizza
1 Top This! pizza shell
1 cup loosely packed pizza cheese
¼ cup of diced prosciutto
¼ cup diced grilled pineapple (or roasted)
¼ cup roasted red pepper
½ cup diced chicken in BBQ sauce
After baking: ¼ cup diced scallion (green part only)
Mediterranean Pizza
1 Top This! pizza shell
1 cup loosely packed pizza cheese
⅓ cup Pomodoro sauce
¼ cup of cooked spinach
¼ cup crumbled feta cheese
¼ cup of sliced sautéed mushrooms
¼ cup of sliced black olives
After baking sprinkle ¼ cup diced scallion (green part only)
Greek Salad Pizza
1 Top This! grilled pizza crust
1 cup loosely packed pizza
cheese
1/3 cup Pomodoro sauce
Bake in the oven at 450°
Toss mixed greens, tomato, feta, red onion, black olives and capers in garlic-oregano vinaigrette
Remove pizza from oven and top immediately with the tossed salad.
Cut into slices and serve with fresh cracked black pepper
Comments
1) Adrianne said:
Are you saying you found this in the Manatee County area? Their website does not list a local grocery store. Where did you purchase???
2) Macaroni Kid EATS! said:
Adrianne - Macaroni Kid EATS is a national publication. I purchased Top This! in Rhode Island.
3) Colleen Pietrusewicz said:
I guess RI has cornered the market on prepared, grilled then frozen crusts. I have been buying this brand for a little over a year now and it is delicious. http://www.woodgrilledpizza...
I will have to try Top This as well!
I agree with all you have to say, the whole family loves them and its quick and fun to make.
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