Pan pizza is a pizza baked in a deep dish pan or sheet pan. Turin-style pizza, Italian tomato pie, Sicilian pizza, Greek pizza, Chicago-style pizza, and Detroit-style pizza may be considered forms of pan pizza. Pan pizza also refers to the thick style popularized by Pizza Hut in the 1960s.[1][2] The bottoms and sides of the crust become fried and crispy in the oil used to coat the pan.
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| Type | Pizza |
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| Place of origin | Italy |
History
editA notable early version of pan pizza is sfinciuni, born in Sicily circa 1650.[citation needed]
Another version is the pizza al Padellino from the city of Turin, in northern Italy, with historical references since the beginning of the 20th century.[3][4]
In 1958 Dan and Frank Carney opened a pizza parlor in Wichita, Kansas, which would later become Pizza Hut. At first, the brothers focused on a thin-crust pizza which included cheese, pepperoni or sausage. The pizza parlor franchised into Pizza Hut in 1959 and added a thicker-crust pan pizza.[5][6]
Other pizza companies also later included pan pizza. In 1989, Domino's introduced its deep-dish or pan pizza. Its introduction followed market research showing that forty percent of pizza customers preferred thick crusts. The new product launch cost approximately $25 million, of which $15 million was spent on new sheet-metal pans with perforated bottoms.[7]
Detroit-style pizza
See also
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References
edit- ↑ López-Alt, James Kenji. "Foolproof Pan Pizza". The Pizza Lab. Serious Eats. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ↑ Spector, Robert (September 7, 2010). The Mom & Pop Store: True Stories from the Heart of America. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 225–. ISBN 978-0-8027-7911-3.
- ↑ "Padellini d'Italia unitevi! L'irresistibile ascesa della pizza nata a Torino". la Repubblica (in Italian). May 3, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ↑ Canino, Francesco (April 3, 2014). "Pizza al tegaminio: riscoperta della tradizione torinese" (in Italian). Agrodolce. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ↑ Smith, Andrew F. (October 28, 2013). Food and Drink in American History: A "Full Course" Encyclopedia [3 Volumes]: A "Full Course" Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 679–. ISBN 978-1-61069-233-5.
- ↑ Smith, Andrew F. (December 2, 2011). Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat. ABC-CLIO. pp. 555–. ISBN 978-0-313-39394-5.
- ↑ Telberg, Rick (May 15, 1989). "Domino's Pizza Deep-Dishes It Out". Nation's Restaurant News.
- ↑ "Capo's". Restaurant Review. Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
- ↑ Olmsted, Larry (March 9, 2017). "San Francisco Pizza Master Perfects Deep Dish". USA Today. Retrieved January 1, 2022.