Subject:
Re: Pastry Pizza crust
From: Carol
Date: 3/1/2022, 12:23 PM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
On 3/1/2022 10:24 AM, Carol wrote:
Are you up for a probably impossible challenge?
Hi, my name is Carol. I hope you are doing well.
More than 50 years ago while dating my boyfriend (in April he will be
my husband for 50 years) he took me for my first pizza at a place in
Jeannette PA called Fort Pitt Pizza. Their pizza was unusual since it
was more like a pastry crust...thin flaky and sweet. I would love to
make this old favorite for my anniversary. Restaurant has been out of
business for many years. There are other restaurants in the area which
make similar crusts... Jioio's and Falbo's in Latrobe PA. And Vallozzi's
in Greensburg PA.
I am not sure if this is your type of search area so if not thanks for reading.
I do want to THANK you for 2 recipes that I found on your site. One being
Duggan's juice pie and A&P's Spanish Bar Cake... Both were favorites of ours
and the recipes are spot on.
Thank you
Carol
Hi Carol,
I'm always up for a challenge!
This type of pizza is variously known as "pastry crust pizza", "white pizza", "white Sicilian style pizza",
"Western Pennsylvania style pizza" and probably other names.
I could not, unsurprisingly, find any actual, authentic recipes from Fort Pitt Pizza, Jioio's, Falbo's, or
Vallozzi's.(Recipes like that just don't get passed around.)
However, enterprising cooks have come up with copycat recipes for Jioio's and Vallozzi's. See these sites:
Jioio's pizza copycats:
Cookbook Create
Pizzamaking Forum 1
Pizzamaking Forum 2
Vallozzi's copycats:
(I'd try this one first!) White Sicilian Pizza 1
White Sicilian Pizza 2
Phaed
Well Phaed, you have just blown me away….2 hours from my sending out the email
to receiving your wonderful reply. You are amazing with your detective skills.
You have given me some upcoming enjoyable time in the kitchen trying these out.
Thank you for sharing the wonderful gift that you have. Carol
