I love pizza. It’s a shocker, I know. And lot of people call me a pizza snob. Sure, there is pizza I don’t like but in my defense there’s a lot of poorly put together pies out there. Contrary to what many think I eat it all. I’ll eat amazing artisan pies, local mom and pop pies and as is the case here “shitty” chain pies. Many of you likely recoiled in horror just at the title of this post but frankly... eff you. Don’t judge me. Pizza Hut is my JAM. “Oh, but it’s so oily!”, “It’s too salty for me!”. YES, EXACTLY. For me, Pizza Hut is to pizza what McDonald's is to Hamburgers. I don’t go to McDonald's when I’m in the mood for a hamburger. I go to McDonald's when I’m in the mood for McDonald's! And yesterday I couldn't have possibly been in more of a mood for Pizza Huts stuffed crust pie.
The thing is essentially fried as I can only imagine the pan is doused in oil. The bottom (and the top) are super greasy with almost zero char but puffy and moist in a way you don’t really get with other chain pies. The layer of processed cheese on top is super thick giving you a unique texture for a pizza. Biting through the layer of cheese gives almost as much resistance as the dough underneath it. It's glorious. And the stuffed crust itself... don’t even get me started! I’ve tried making stuffed crust like this. The problem is that the cheese (I use cheese strings) melds with the bread to give you a cheesy crust rather than cheese INSIDE of the crust (though I bet freezing the cheese beforehand might help for anyone wanting to try this at home). I don’t know what they’re doing but the cheese in the crust stays in tact without becoming part of the dough and it is unreal good in a gross, this isn't natural kind of way.
Yes, it’s basically synthetic pizza. Yes, I’m borderline embarrassed to say I kind of live for the few times a year I get Pizza Hut. Yes, the sodium content alone could take down a small cow. But you know what...? Shut up.
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