29th
We review the NEW Domino’s pizza recipe
Now that Dominio’s new recipe is soft launched in most markets, we decided to try it out over the holidays. We first confirmed by phone with the regional franchisee that all Domino’s locations in our markets were serving the new recipe. When we ordered, we again checked with the cashier. This was going to be the new recipe, and our pizza box confirmed it!
Even in the car, our new pie smelled different, and really strong with garlic. But before we got home, that had faded into the old hot cardboard smell of Domino’s of yore. I wonder how much Domino’s reputation for being cardboard pizza is due to the glue smell of their boxes? They need to fix that.
So how did it measure up? It smelled good, and looked fine but a little wet from our pineapple topping. It was evenly cooked around the edge and the crust was thick. I pulled out the first piece and it went limp in the middle. The bottom crust wasn’t stiff enough to hold its shape. It didn’t appear under cooked, just annoyingly floppy. Maybe their ovens or cooking time need to be adjusted to the old bread?
Biting in, the new cheese gets a pass, its pretty good. But the butter and crust is where things went either horribly right or horribly wrong. It reminded me of Extreme Mountain Dew, or a mildly annoying kid trying trying too hard to be on your kick ball team . “Pick me, Pick me!,” said the onslaught of spices and swamp of butter hiding in the bread. It stung my mouth after eating it, the way eating too many bowls of cereal can. The taste is extremely bold and kind of rugged. Butter was coating my hands and distracting me from enjoying it- was this safe to eat? Did they make a mistake in preparing it?
We soldiered on thought each wilted piece- to find the empty box reads like four sticks of butter were used to make it. Overall it was like having some pizza toppings placed on top of copiously lubricated garlic bread. The edges of each triangle slice were solid yellow in color, and the top of the crust was jagged with spice. This is not a pizza for amateurs.
