Pizza Throwdown! ARgh!

Ok, my title is a bit intense. It kind of sounds like wrestle mania.

But my yearning for a good 'ole mainstream make your own pizza night is intense as well.

So I intended (per my "What's for Dinner?" post last week) to put Udi's Gluten Free Pizza Crust head to head with Rustic Ridge Pizza Crust to determine the best crust for a Friday night minimal cooking (maximum taste) experience...

versus...



I've had both crusts before but never paid close attention to determine which would be the undisputed pizza crust champion at Casa de MacLean.

Alas, my pizza dreams were dashed. The grocery store that I go to stopped stocking Rustic Crust (the gluten free version anyway). Boo. Hoo. Hoo.

But seriously. If you know somewhere near Blacksburg VA that I can get these crusts, I remember them fondly and would love to reunite with them.

So my pizza smackdown got a little less intense and I ended up just making a pizza on the Udi's Gluten Free pizza crust.

It was very tasty, but I am pretty bummed that I am boxed in with this type of crust for the time being. I like variety.

Nonetheless, my thoughts on the Udi's crust are as follows:

1. Taste is very good. Tastes very much like what I remember of a Domino's style crust (or a premade one that you would find at the grocery store).

2. Not super soft, which is my preference. I find that with g-free crusts and breads you generally need to toast them or heat them in some way to make the consistency more palatable. I'm still longing for the day when I can open a bag of gluten free bread and it will be somewhat doughy.

*I will say Bollos Bakery (Blacksburg VA) is coming very close with their gluten free sandwich bread, and their most recent additions to their gluten free menu of fudge oat bars and this OUT OF THIS WORLD apple coffee cake they have been baking lately.

As for Udi's crust, I would purchase and use them again. They are of good quality and good taste and fit the bill for quenching my pizza craving.

But I still miss Rustic Crust (from memory the consistency was a little grittier, like it had cornmeal in it...very tasty)...if you find it let it know that I miss it.