What is it?
Dublin Pizza Company Wood Fired Pizza (€10/550g).
What’s good about it?
These at-home pizzas offer the authentic flavour and texture of wood-fired pizza, at home, without the work or the delivery charges. The ingredients used are impeccably well sourced – Toons Bridge Dairy Fior Di Latte and Coolea Farmhouse Cheese, San Marzano tomatoes and Napoli salami – in the case of the one that I tried, called the DPC. The Margherita and Lucifero pizzas are made with similarly high-quality ingredients.
Tell me more about it?
Dublin Pizza Company prides itself on its “three-day dough”, a long slow fermentation process that makes a very tasty base that some people find is easier on the digestion too. The crust has the characteristic “leopard” spotting only attainable at very high temperatures.
How do I use it?
The instructions are to preheat an oven to 220 degrees (gas 7), place the pizza directly on the centre rack and bake for six to eight minutes. I gave mine a little more time and was happy with the result – a crisp crust and well-sizzled toppings. The pizzas must be stored in a fridge before cooking, and can be frozen on day of purchase.
Where can I get it?
Stockists include Fallon & Byrne, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2; Fresh (Smithfield and Grand Canal Dock); Roberts of Dalkey; Thomas’s, Foxrock; Marlow & Co, Dublin 8; Robbie’s, Sandyford; Elm Epicurean, Dublin 4; Lotts & Co, Beggars Bush, Clontarf and Terenure; SC Grocery, Monkstown; Caviston’s, Glasthule and Strand Fare, Sandymount. Wider distribution to follow.
Anything else?
The retail range will soon expand to include the Montanara pizza with ham and mushroom and the vegan Melanzana with roasted aubergine, and a range of dips including smoked garlic, and garlic and black truffle aioli.
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