I Tried the New Frozen Antico Pizza at Costco

"The pack has two 12-inch pizzas with torn buffalo mozzarella, garlic, and fresh basil. Once in the oven, within minutes, the kitchen smelled of that unmistakable Antico's scent of tomatoes and fermented dough. After about eight minutes, the fluffy crust begins to crisp, the cheese melts, and the pizza takes on a familiar look through the oven door."

"The crust has a spongy interior and crisp exterior. There's even leoparding - the charred dark and light spots you want on a good crust. One bite makes it clear this is no standard frozen pizza. The San Marzano tomatoes are sweet and flavorful, the Campania cheese tastes fresh, and the crust eats like good sourdough. It's deceptively simple, and it works."

"According to the company, it took nearly a decade of research and development to land on the final frozen version, including adapting Antico's signature 36-hour fermentation process for production at scale. The mozzarella di bufala is a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product from Italy, the flour is sourced from Naples, and the packaging highlights the regions behind the ingredients."

Antico Casa is a frozen Margherita from Antico Pizza Napoletana sold as a two-pack of 12-inch pies at roughly 80 Costco stores across Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Each pizza is topped with torn buffalo mozzarella, garlic, and fresh basil and uses San Marzano tomatoes and Campania cheese. The crust offers a spongy interior, crisp exterior, and visible leoparding similar to oven-baked pies. Nearly a decade of research and development went into adapting a 36-hour fermentation process for large-scale frozen production. The mozzarella di bufala carries PDO status and the flour is sourced from Naples. When baked, the pies quickly emit tomato and fermented dough aromas, the cheese melts evenly, and the crust crisps in roughly eight minutes.

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