Here is my honest review of Trader Joe’s Organic 3 Cheese Pizza. Based on the information on the box, this pizza is handmade and cooked in wood-burning ovens. It is a product from Italy. Just off of that alone, it’s hard to believe this pizza cost only around $5. I can imagine some restaurants charging around $20 for their handmade wood-burning oven pizza. But of course, this pizza is FROZEN. The real question is if it is any good. I’m here to give you the sauce.
Trader Joe’s offers many different pizzas. This one is probably the most basic, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it isn’t as good as the others.
How it looks:
When you remove it from the packaging, it looks exactly what the box describes: precooked and frozen. The cheese looks like what it should look like: pre-melted. There are some dark spots on the crust from cooking in the wood-burning oven. The pizza does look like it was handmade because of how uneven it is. It’s definitely not a perfect circle.
What is on the pizza:
This pizza is pretty much as plain as it gets. It consists of a crust, tomato sauce, mozzarella, fontina, and another aged cheese.
Ways to cook it:
There are two cooking methods: oven and microwave. I’ve personally tried cooking it in the microwave, but I highly recommend against it. It makes the pizza crust very soft, chewy, and gummy.
The instructions for the oven method state to place the pizza directly on the oven grate. I usually put it on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Thanks to being precooked in the wood-burning oven, this pizza is ready in about 6 to 8 minutes.
How does it taste:
Now, what you’ve all been waiting for. How does it taste? Personally, I think it’s the best-tasting frozen cheese pizza I’ve tasted. The flavors are well-balanced. It’s not overly salty like some brands of frozen pizza. The real star of it all is the pizza crust. The crust is crispy but chewy. You can hold just the crust of a pizza slice without the rest wilting downward. This is thanks to it being cooked in a wood-burning oven.
Final Rating: 7.5 out of 10
This pizza will always be in my garage’s chest freezer. It is perfect for satisfying my late-night pizza cravings.
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