Question about Donato's pizza

[Renee J. Reed]

Is this just a pizza without the crust? Or are they using a GF crust? I
ordered a crustless pizza at Donatos and it didn't have a dough crust
but they added "sprinkles" on top which were like sesame crackers--they
were good! (unfortunately) but they had flour in them. I couldn't eat
the pizza then.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Hunt
Sent: Mon 6/9/2008 9:07 AM
To: Cincinnati Celiac Support Group
Cc:
Subject: [cinciceliac] Re: Donato's pizza




Thanks for this info - I live very close to here. I will check
this
out, thanks so much for passing this along!!


On May 27, 6:39 pm, GRL1...@aol.com wrote:
> Forgive me if you have already seen this.
>
> The Donato's pizza on Tylersville near Western Row in Mason
has GF pizza on
> their menu posted in their store.
>
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[Bonnie Kelley]

Donatos used to have what they called a "low Carb" pizza with a rice cracker
crust. We tried it a couple times. Unfortunately is wheat in the rice
cracker. One of the employees was nice enough to show us the ingredient
label. We have however, just had them make a single serving pizza with no
crust at all and it's not too bad.

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[Dan Pritikin]

Concerning the Donatos pizza, you might check out 

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=158451

and

http://www.donatos.com/about_donatos/news_detail.asp?ID=5

I tried one of these "no dough" pizzas a couple of weeks ago.  LIke the first website says, 

Instead of a crust, the toppings are spread over soy-based protein crumbles. The individual-size pizza is served on a paper plate, to be eaten with a knife and fork.

This was 7 inches in diameter (no larger size), served on a plastic plate, and was thin enough that you could (without making too much of a mess) use your fingers to grab off a hunk and eat it that way.  Essentially, there isn't a substantial crust-- nothing around the edges, and just enough on the bottom to hold it together.

If you are like me, and can tolerate a certain amount of gluten, then this makes for a tasty and handy meal or snack on the go.  Then again, if I limit myself to once or twice a month, I can do fine pulling cheese and other toppings off of commercial pizzas despite the substantial amount of gluten that comes attached with it.  If you require a more strict diet (and I bet that you do) then I wouldn't think that this pizza is worth the cross contamination risk, or worries about what's in the toppings.  The Donatos no-dough pizza is pretty much just pizza without the crust, so it is missing something.  For both the money and the taste, I'd rather be at home and microwave up a half a brick of mozzarella cheese on a plate, put some seasonings and toppings on it, and eat it with a fork.  (good luck scrubbing your plate, though!)

-Dan

On Jun 9, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Bonnie Kelley wrote:

Donatos used to have what they called a "low Carb" pizza with a rice cracker crust.  We tried it a couple times.  Unfortunately is wheat in the rice cracker.  One of the employees was nice enough to show us the ingredient label.  We have however, just had them make a single serving pizza with no crust at all and it's not too bad.

From: cinci...@googlegroups.com [mailto:cinci...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Renee J. Reed
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:09 AM
To: cinci...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [cinciceliac] Question about Donato's pizza

Is this just a pizza without the crust? Or are they using a GF crust? I ordered a crustless pizza at Donatos and it didn't have a dough crust but they added "sprinkles" on top which were like sesame crackers--they were good! (unfortunately) but they had flour in them.  I couldn't eat the pizza then. 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Hunt
Sent: Mon 6/9/2008 9:07 AM
To: Cincinnati Celiac Support Group
Cc:
Subject: [cinciceliac] Re: Donato's pizza

Thanks for this info - I live very close to here.  I will check this
out, thanks so much for passing this along!!


On May 27, 6:39 pm, GRL1...@aol.com wrote:
> Forgive me if you have already seen this.
>
> The Donato's pizza on Tylersville near Western Row in Mason has GF pizza on  
> their menu posted in their store.
>
> **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with
> Tyler Florence" on AOL Food.      

> (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002)

[Renee J. Reed]

Dan--thanks for the chuckle--the brick of cheese on a plate! That's
about what it was--they just skipped the bread crust, put some sauce on
a plate, put cheese over it and I had pepperoni on top. It was about
1/8 inch thick --if that. Basically melted cheese with sauce and costs
about the same. Not very filling! The crumbly things were good--and what
made it--but they were wheat I think. oh well...