LCBO Food & Drink Summer 2024

Best in Dough While supermarket pizza

dough is perfectly fine, there are better options. If you live in Toronto, Frank’s Pizza House (frankspizzahouse.ca), a Corso Italia institution, sells its famous dough (small, $3.00; large, $4.25) for home use, which is much easier to pull and stretch than typical store-bought stuff. With five locations in Toronto and the GTA, Grande Cheese Market (grandecheese.ca) has built a loyal following for its dough (850 g, $3.50), which can also be ordered online. And if you’re avoiding gluten, try Marcelle’s Kitchen (marcelleskitchen.ca) gluten-free dough ($5.50), which includes instructions on how to roll and bake. Romancing the Stone Grilling pizza directly on the grate is challenging and rarely yields a restaurant-quality pie. There is a simple solution: a pizza stone. Available in a range of shapes and sizes, pizza stones retain heat evenly, ensuring a beautifully crisp crust. We like the heavy-­ duty, cordierite-based stones from Unicook, which are available at amazon.ca. White Gold Add bianca-style pizzas to your repertoire with our No‑Cook Scallion White Sauce (p. 132). It comes together in minutes with just a short whirl in the food pro cessor, providing a blanc canvas for a wide range of pizzas topped with everything from grilled mush rooms to corn and pancetta. Pep Rally When it comes to pepperoni, discerning pizzaiolos have a clear favourite: Ezzo Pepperoni (200 g, $8, goodcheese.ca). The American brand curls and chars like no other, covering your pie in coveted little “cups”.

Seasonal Slice The best pizzas are made with the best ingredients, so take advantage of local produce and try out one of these seasonal pies:

Summer Mushroom Roasted Garlic + Olive Oil + Sautéed Chanterelles + Stracciatella + Speck + Arugula + Lemon Juice

Zucchini Bianco Scallion White Sauce + Zucchini Rounds + Ricotta

Spicy Eggplant Charred Tomatoes + Roasted Eggplant + Mozzarella + Finger Chilies + Breadcrumbs + Parsley

+ Zucchini Blossoms + Hot Honey + Basil