List of Chicago thin formulations?

CDNpielover · November 19, 2011, 11:49:59 AM

I am making a list of the various Chicago-style thin crust formulations that are on the forums. This is my favorite style and I want to try different versions of it, but I find it difficult to locate and keep track of them all. I will add to this list as I come across them. I hope someone finds this useful!

AmsterdamPizza · November 20, 2011, 07:10:20 AM

Thanks! I find this very useful because I am actually always searching for these pizza's.. Even my own I sometimes need to look up.

CDNpielover · November 20, 2011, 01:53:54 PM

I looked through the entire 20 pages of the "Chicago style" section of the forums, and this is what I found. so if anyone knows of something I missed, please post it. thanks!

Pete-zza · November 20, 2011, 03:34:37 PM

Quote from: CDNpielover on November 20, 2011, 01:53:54 PM
so if anyone knows of something I missed, please post it.

You might check out this one: http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,5045.msg42751.html#msg42751. buzz posted it on the American board but I don't know if that is where it belongs.

Peter

CDNpielover · November 20, 2011, 03:39:29 PM

Thanks Pete, I will add it to the list!

CDNpielover · February 09, 2012, 02:13:42 PM

I wanted to add to the list, but for some reason I can't modify my initial post. This forum has all kinds of silly rules that are unique to this and only this forum - I guess this is just another.

If anyone ever reads this thread again, hopefully they will scroll down to find this addition to the list:

Garvey's Pizza Factory clone: http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,17662.msg171274.html#msg171274

Garvey · March 03, 2012, 06:25:48 PM

With the forum being expansive as it is, this thread is a great candidate to become a sticky, no?

mugwump · September 16, 2012, 04:12:25 AM

Hmmm, there's a local shop called Gigio's in Evanston that is always at the top of my list when I visit family there, been going there for 30 years. I'm not sure where it would fall in the above list. It's a floury, semi-crisp crust -- thin but not cracker. It appears that it's very easy to work with the dough -- they just spread it out around the peel and load it up from there.

CDNpielover · January 07, 2013, 08:45:56 PM

Here are two more midwestern-style thin crust formulations that should probably be listed here:

Pete-zza's Donato's clone: http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,2711.msg29079.html#msg29079
Pete-zza's Monical's clone: http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,600.msg53313.html#msg53313

[note to mods: can you move all of the added links into the first post of this thread?]

CDNpielover · January 07, 2013, 09:37:27 PM

Thanks Pete!

I'm gonna try my hand at the Monical's and Donato's pies pretty soon.

CDNpielover · March 06, 2013, 12:34:06 AM

Pete, can you update the Vito & Nick's clone link with this one: http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,6368.msg117149.html#msg117149

For some reason, the existing link goes to Loo's generic thread. (Also, I didn't realize that you posted your V&N clone in that thread, I thought it had it's own thread. Is that new?)

Pete-zza · March 06, 2013, 08:45:41 AM

Quote from: CDNpielover on March 06, 2013, 12:34:06 AM
Pete, can you update the Vito & Nick's clone link with this one: http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,6368.msg117149.html#msg117149

For some reason, the existing link goes to Loo's generic thread. (Also, I didn't realize that you posted your V&N clone in that thread, I thought it had it's own thread. Is that new?)

CDNpielover,

What happened is that Loo originally posted his generic dough recipe without milk. He later decided to replace one-third of the water in the recipe with milk. A discussion on the use of milk in a Chicago thin crust dough ensued, and that led to a discussion of Vito & Nick's use of milk in its dough. And, from that, the cloning effort followed. I later concluded that the V&N discussion was so entwined with the rest of the thread that it couldn't easily be split off into its own thread without a major reconstructive effort.

There is another Vito & Nick's thread, at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,6066.0.html, but that thread is for the spin-off of the original Vito & Nick's, called Vito & Nick's II.

Peter

CDNpielover · March 06, 2013, 09:20:16 AM

Thanks Pete!

CDNpielover · May 11, 2013, 05:32:41 PM

Peter, can you add this to the list? Thanks!

not sure how I missed this!

Garvey's Aurelio's clone: http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php?topic=19680.0

Pete-zza · May 11, 2013, 06:03:19 PM

Quote from: CDNpielover on May 11, 2013, 05:32:41 PM
Peter, can you add this to the list? Thanks! not sure how I missed this!

Garvey's Aurelio's clone: http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php?topic=19680.0

CDNPielover,

Done.

Peter

Sprouthaus · June 02, 2013, 09:01:55 PM

Is there a recipe for giordano's thin that I've missed?

Garvey · June 02, 2013, 10:37:56 PM

It's generally believed that Giordano's uses one dough recipe for all pizzas they make. Try one of their DD clone recipes here but roll it out for a thin crust.

vic311 · November 05, 2013, 10:24:33 AM

If anyone can come up with a Fasano's pizza clone it would be greatly appreciated. They are located on 84th and Roberts Rd in Justice I believe. Their pizza is one of my all time favorites!!!

dogboy · October 29, 2014, 08:52:09 AM

Great thread

tikidoc · November 08, 2014, 06:25:08 PM

Anyone know of a recipe that is close to Papa Del's thin crust?