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report of the week welcome to the newest newest installment newest video a frozen
pizza review today yes it's another one you know we're not even gonna hide
anything no big secrets no treasure hunt today that's the pizza right there the
pizza box okay you're gonna be seeing it all today though we're gonna be trying
this new one out we're going to assemble it we're gonna put it together we're
gonna cook it right we're gonna act like one big family today and then we're
gonna see what it tastes like but yeah I new frozen pizza it's it's not often
when a new frozen pizza does come out a lot of these frozen pizza chains you
know DiGiorno Freschetta Red Baron you know etc etc there's so many it's like
they have their established favorites right they usually have these certain
items on the list and they're just long longtime favorites they've been around
for a while but this is a new release I have a feeling DiGiorno is um and I
really I for one don't blame him I think it's a good business move they're
probably capitalizing off of the newfound popularity of frozen pizzas you
know with the with the coronavirus, you have people staying in they don't
really want to go out need maybe they may find themselves in a situation where
they're a bit impecunious I can't really go out to a full-blown restaurant
they're just looking for some cheap eats something easy to make whatever and as a
result frozen pizzas are so popular so DiGiorno maybe they had this like maybe
they've been waiting to release this for like ten years and they're finding like
this is the time because we have the croissant crust pizza from DiGiorno
that's right it's a pizza with a croissant
crust okay you can see the crust is supposed to be like a whole croissant
right croissant as they say oh yeah it's the digiorno croissant crust pizza
that's how it is a trend that you see every now and then
in the world of fast food you know where you get it it's like I've seen I've seen
this with burgers chicken sandwiches or it's like instead of a bun they're gonna
use a flaky buttery croissant well does your note said hey lets us make a whole
pizza on a base that's like one giant croissant that's exactly what the
premise of this item is so here's some details about it okay it's a croissant
crust pizza from de Jour now it's supposed to have a flaky and buttery
layered crust so it's gonna be layered the crust rises as it bakes so we're
gonna get a better look at this as we prepare it and it's supposed to be
croissant like in flavor so again it's supposed to have a flaky buttery base
and croissant to it and there's three different variants of those pizza
there's the pepperoni pizza which is what we got there you could also get a
three meat pizza which is sausage beef and pepperoni and a four cheese pizza
featuring mozzarella parmesan Asiago and Romano cheese's so with that you can get
this it really any grocery store that's where I pick this one up and we're just
gonna try it out so I got the oven preheating right now and we're just
gonna take a step over there as soon as it's done heating I'm gonna pause the
camera in the meantime and we're gonna prepare this pizza and we're gonna get a
closer look at it so the DiGiorno croissant crust pizza let's prepare this
thing all right so we have the DiGiorno croissant crust pizza there you can see
has a better view of it you can see that's what the crust is supposed to
look like and this is the pepperoni one pepperoni made with pork chicken and
beef and it is supposed to have that light flaky buttery crust and you could
see it is new right there yeah layers of crust pretty much everything we already
know about it and of course none of that fake cheese right you get the real deal
here it's not delivery its DiGiorno right croissant crust combines the buttery
white flakiness of a croissant with our famous DiGiorno tomato sauce I think
this I think I've seen this before okay let's see what the it directions
are step 1 preheat the oven to 400 degrees gotta make sure you get that
grammable of the pizza there we go you gotta prep it so that's
the step we're at now I've got to remove it from the freshness wrap cardboard
place it directly on the oven rack 25 to 27 minutes and then enjoy with whatever
you want to enjoy it with so there's the pizza in its little plastic wrap let's
undo that right now all right it's out of its little freshness wrap and you can
see you could say that doesn't mean look a very croissant like no it doesn't it
looks like a basic pizza right now but apparently it's supposed to be like a
rising crust pizza where these layers right here that you see as the
pizza cooks are supposed to rise up and become that buttery croissant so there's
the pizza we're gonna get it in the oven now and uh lets us give it a shot let's
see what happens I can't say I'm all that happy right now not upset a little
disappointed but not upset here's what I noticed right away as I was cooking the
pizza because when I make these things I always especially for the video for the
review I babysit them it's a major issue I noticed right off the bat and if it's
something that happened to me it's it's prone to happening to anyone else as
well so as we read the instructions for cooking this thing preheated to 400
degrees the oven right that's reasonable the bake time they said 25 to 27 minutes
I thought to myself Oh 25 to 27 that's a little bit on the longer side of the
spectrum but whatever maybe it needs some extra time I always cook it for the
lowest time when I do these reviews normally I like a little baked on it I
cook it for me you know a little longer but for this I always cook it you know
the shortest time all right set the timer for 25 minutes I listen to some
music I check back it's cooking away come back around I don't know 22 minutes
it's still looking you know like it's cooking, then I check at 24 minutes
and I almost set a couple bad words I look and in the span of two minutes ago
looking almost undercooked almost anemic looking to like blackened think to
myself what this isn't even the shortest amount of time possible so I
was researching this and it looks like the croissant dough I guess it just
cooks differently than the regular pizza dough and you know I almost was worried
I burnt it to a crisp I think it's actually still gonna be salvageable but
let me tell you it doesn't look very appealing right now but I think the
inside is much softer than the outside but if that's an if that's something
that just happened to me and I didn't even cook it for the shortest amount of
time I don't know if this is gonna be the right pizza for you if you're just gonna
put it in the oven and leave it unattended and then you're gonna come
back and find this burnt husk it's like what is this thing so I'm just really
disappointed in the way this um just turned out in terms of cooking but like
the old saying goes you can't judge a book by it's cover so well let's let's
see what happens alright so we got the pizza here we've got two slices you know
fairly photogenic but you could definitely see at best it's on the wall
down the side and if you look at the box even the pizza on the box looks like
it's a little more well-done than usual right oh my gosh I mean I when I took
this thing out of the oven again I don't know if I said any profane remarks but I
was certainly on edge to myself oh my gosh what did I do but I think it's just
the way that the dough of this thing is you can see the entire thing is like
this flaky croissant alright it's not just a crust the title is a little
misleading but the entire pizza is this flaky croissant and there's the
pepperoni I mean again it's well-done that's how it turns up I mean again I
cooked this for the shortest time even shorter than the Box said but I think
it's still salvageable I think it's still edible so with that lets us try it
out croissant crust pizza from DiGiorno
going in
from the first fight it might look well done but it doesn't taste that at all
not at all it doesn't it does not taste burnt which is interesting let's keep it
going
we'll take a couple more bites then I'll just try out the crust for the heck of
it I don't know it's strange while cooks in a very odd way it does not it doesn't
taste as you would expect it to again there's like no char no burn
didn't know that
here's what I got to say about it it's interesting in that I already talked
about how how it cooked how all that we already got through that what's
interesting to me is that I would say it's a light that flakiness is
definitely there I wouldn't necessarily say that it's like eating a croissant
cuz I do enjoy getting croissants from bakeries and from Starbucks and from the
supermarket and all that stuff doesn't doesn't quite remind me of that but that
flakiness is definitely there and you can really you know you can tell that
there's those layers it's not dull I wouldn't describe the pizza as dully
more so just kind of a light and an airy in a sense it's a very oily pizza though
that's definite the entire base all the bell the the croissant dough the crust I
mean there's oil in it you can see all the grease on the top of the pizza as
well I just that shine to it it is a very very greasy oily fatty pizza
although the base of it it's inoffensive it's like it doesn't really have any
sort of flavor of its own get aside from just a texture wise that flakiness and a
little bit of oiliness but it's not the most flavorful in the world really it's
very greasy you can definitely taste the little bit of the spice from that
pepperoni the cheese is okay this the sauce it's a little too runny for my
liking it reminds me of just like a cheap canned tomato sauce I'm not the
biggest fan of that I always like a little bit more of a thicker robust
tomato sauce on my pizza this is more just like a runny and I wouldn't say
tasteless but just more like just a tomato paste as opposed to a good
quality sauce overall for like a frozen pizza like this I would say it's
run-of-the-mill and so much that it's not anything that I would rave over
chances are I would probably if I were to get something from DiGiorno I would just go
with the rising crusty pizza because I just really didn't like the way this one
cooked and also the fact that I was just maybe expecting a little more about it
out of the base in the crust itself just flavor-wise again it still has that
little bit of a flakiness but I don't taste that butteriness that they
advertised on the pizza it's like they say that it's supposed to be like this
buttery flaky croissant type instead I'm just tasting this oiliness
you know there's a difference between like fatty oil versus like a nice rich
buttery crust and that definitely is not there so this is very very greasy so I
mean I guess that's what you would kind of expect for a frozen pizza but I guess
I was expecting a little bit more out of it so out of ten I'd give it a four
point seven out of ten it's not something I would get again I mean it's
by no means the worst in the world but it isn't the best
I think it's they gave it they gave this impression to me that is this gonna be a
bit more than it really ended up a being like I said I was just expecting it to
be just a bit lighter more airy buttery you know in a good way of course not
like just dumping the whole stick of butter on the pizza or something but
also again I just wasn't a fan of the quality of the sauce and I don't know is
just expecting more out of it that's all when the base of the pizza is the big
selling point I was just hoping for a bit more so with that that's all that I
have for you price for this by the way I already gave it the rating but in my
mind I factored in the price but I didn't say it outright price for this it
could be anywhere from seven to twelve dollars I've seen it go for it it
depends on the supermarket selling it so bear that in mind standard price for
frozen pizza but yeah truthfully I just go with a rising crust pizza from the
giorno dish or no they have some hits some misses I think this is more of a
miss than anything else so I would say save the time and just go with a frozen
rising crust pizza from DiGiorno if you want that's all that I have where ladies
and gentlemen I'm your host to the report of the week
have a pleasant remainder of your Sunday and do take care that's all