{"id":3430,"date":"2022-12-17T11:14:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T11:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madeinnewyorkpizza.com\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2025-04-10T12:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T12:57:19","slug":"what-is-grandma-pizza-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madeinnewyorkpizza.com\/de\/blog\/what-is-grandma-pizza-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grandma Pizza Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen most people think of \u201cNew York pizza,\u201d they envision a thin, round Neapolitan-style pie. Another lesser-known type of pizza originated in New York, and if you\u2019ve never tried it, we recommend you do so right now. Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Grandma pizza, the nostalgic Italian-American pizza that deserves a place in your recipe collection.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Sicilian-style pie known as Grandma pizza originated in New York. It\u2019s baked in a square pan with a thin crust. Grandma\u2019s pizza is traditionally made without a pizza oven because home cooks invented it on Long Island. As the name implies, Grandma-style pizza was once only made in the kitchen by Italian grandmothers. Grandma pizzas have a shorter proving time, resulting in a crust that is still tender and fluffy \u2013 but a little crisper and denser than Sicilian pizzas.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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What is on a Grandma Pizza?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNotable for its distinctly thin crust, Grandma\u2019s pizza is cooked in an olive oil-coated rectangular pan and topped with mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce (the sauce is typically layered over the cheese.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis square-shaped pie has parallel strips of a light cheese<\/a> accompanied by a homemade marinara sauce that was precooked for four hours on a low flame. Extra virgin olive oil is added, and the ingredients top a fragile crust. Kind of like an upside-down pie. It\u2019s almost always drizzled with a heavy dose of garlic-infused olive oil and finished with some Sicilian oregano and Pecorino Romano cheese.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt is a relatively thin sheet-pan pizza baked in a pan heavily coated with olive oil. This creates the perfect environment to fry the bottom of the pizza, giving Grandma pizza that unmistakable crunch. Grandma\u2019s pizza contains sliced mozzarella cheese and randomly scattered thick plum tomatoes on top.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Why is it Called Grandma Pizza?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt is unclear where Grandma pizza originated, but many people speculate it originated with Italian-American grandmothers living on Long Island in the 1970s. These women were likely trying to recreate a pie they remembered from their home country, but with the ingredients they had on hand since they were first-generation Italian immigrants. A nod to simple home-style preparation: baked in a pan, without the benefit of a pizza stone or some other fancy implement\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Grandma\u2019s pizza tastes like the kind of pizzas you\u2019d get in Italy if you were invited to someone\u2019s home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Drunken Grandma Pizza<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This is a grandma\u2019s pizza with vodka sauce\u2013the \u201cDrunk Grandma\u201d! This pie is delicious and famous and can be had at Made in New York Pizza.<\/a> It may be challenging to find Grandma pizza outside New York, but it is becoming increasingly popular in NYC restaurants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisit Made in New York Pizza for a fun and tasty experience in a place that serves high-quality pies regularly. As soon as you eat pizza that has been topped with fresh, hand-selected ingredients, you\u2019ll understand why cheap, mass-produced pizza is such a disappointment.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis delicious New York favorite can be found on our menu<\/a>. Since it was created by Long Island home cooks, Grandma\u2019s pizza is traditionally made without a pizza oven. Today, we would like to treat you to a special grandma pizza we offer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When most people think of \u201cNew York pizza,\u201d they envision a thin, round Neapolitan-style pie. Another lesser-known type of pizza originated in New York, and if you\u2019ve never tried it, we recommend you do so right now. Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Grandma pizza, the nostalgic Italian-American pizza that deserves a place in …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeinnewyorkpizza.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeinnewyorkpizza.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeinnewyorkpizza.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeinnewyorkpizza.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeinnewyorkpizza.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madeinnewyorkpizza.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeinnewyorkpizza.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeinnewyorkpizza.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeinnewyorkpizza.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}