How to reheat pizza
- by Debra McDuffee (RSS feed) on Jul 11th 2008 8:00PM
- Filed under food, in the kitchen
We love making homemade pizza at my house. We do it up right: homemade crust in the bread machine (easy!), gourmet toppings, and if weather permits, we cook it on the grill.
For three of us, though, we make two huge pizzas, which means a lot of leftovers. We haven't yet found the ideal way to reheat it, although about 350 degrees in a toaster oven until the cheese begins to bubble is pretty close. My only complaint is that there's sometimes still a cold spot, even when the crust is beginning to overcook.
What to do? The Chicago Pizza Club has some answers on the best way to reheat pizza.
After numerous experiments documented in the original blog post, their recommendation is to reheat your pizza, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, at 400 degrees for six minutes. It seems the parchment paper works best at re-crisping the pizza -- no sogginess!
If you're concerned with crispiness, another tip I've seen is to reheat leftover pizza in an oiled skillet.
What's your favorite method for making cold pizza sizzle again?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-12-2008 @ 12:35AM
Jesse Harris said...
If you're going to keep it crispy, dry heat is essential. I don't know that I'd go nuts with parchment paper or anything. I usually slap a piece in the toaster oven on a piece of aluminum foil. It reheats quite nicely and doesn't make a whole lot of heat.
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7-12-2008 @ 8:43AM
Debbie said...
This was one of the ways they tested in the original article that I linked to. The parchment worked better than the foil because the foil held the moisture against the crust and made it soggier. The parchment let it breathe so the moisture went away from the crust. It's just as easy to lay a piece of parchment paper on your baking sheet, so give it a try and see what you think!
7-12-2008 @ 12:53AM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
Nice tip.. though we never have any leftover pizza in our house x)
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7-12-2008 @ 1:04PM
Umino said...
When I was in Rome I ran across a street food vendor in one of those 'roach coach' type vans in a park.
They had cold pizza slices that were stacked together with the crusts on the outside and the toppings on the inside.
They then slapped the two sandwiched slices in a Panini grill and re-heated it. It was super good!
Now I always reheat my pizza that way.
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7-12-2008 @ 7:00PM
roacademy said...
We reheat our pizza in a cast iron skillet med to low heat with a lid. Crispy bottom melted cheese....yummy
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7-12-2008 @ 9:28PM
captain underpants and the bringdown gang said...
put it in a toaster, put the toast setting on medium-light or light medium. the cheese will melt perfectly and the bottom will be just as nice as when its fresh.
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7-13-2008 @ 10:29AM
Vogie said...
#1 easiest way to reheat slices of pizza:
30 seconds in the microwave, then 1 cycle through the toaster oven.
it's fast, simple, and really effective. Doubt it would work for an entire pie (unless it was really small and your toaster was quite large), but for 1-4 slices at a time it's great, especially on the infamous "leftover night"
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7-14-2008 @ 7:40AM
John B said...
I like it cold.
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