Recently, I tried Mama’s Lucia’s Pizza. At my local grocer, I was able to get 3 for $9. That’s a pretty good deal during these economic times. The pizza is famous because it originated from what is known as “the hill” in South St. Louis, Missouri. The Hill is known for it’s famous restaurants of Italian cuisine. The company was founded in 1981. It now supplies over 300 grocers in the St. Louis area. It is the number one “off sale” frozen pizza on the local market.
Some of the important facts about the pizza are these. First, the dough is made with real butter. It is made fresh each day so that the crust will stay thing and crisp. Second is the sauce. It is an old custom recipe that is filled with herbs and spices. The sausage is am Italian type sausage that has a 80/20 ratio of lean meat to fat. It also has the herbs and spices to give it that true Italian or “the hill” flavor. The pepperoni is of the highest quality. You won’t find that layer of oil on top of it when it is baked.
There are specialty pizza’s as well. Some with bacon, mushrooms, a mixture of veggies, as well as different meats and cheeses. From time to time, they will experiment to see what the public is in demand for. Recently, they have had four different pizza’s on the market. However, their main stay has been the sausage and pepperoni pizza.
When you place the frozen pizza in the oven at 425 degrees, you place it on the center rack. It then takes 15 minutes to cook. Mama Lucia’s Pizza weighs 1 pound and 4.19 ounces. It provides four servings per pizza..
Nutritional Facts. It has 420 calories. 200 of these are from fat. There are four major vitamins. Vitamin A 15%, Vitamin C 15%, Calcium 20%, and Iron 15%. Total fat 22g- 34%, Cholesterol 50mg-17%, Sodium 1100mg-45%, Total Carbohydrates 36g-12%, Protein 17g, Dietary Fiber 2g.
Other ingredients include. provolone cheese, cheddar cheese, swiss cheese, milk, salt, garlic, citric acid, crushed tomatoes, sugar, and spices.
Mama Lucia’s even have their own web site. It can be found at www.luciaspizza.com.
Lucille Tumminello worked as a grocer store clerk for 25 years. After retiring, she then went to work and started her own frozen pizza business in the St. Louis area. Each day, they turn out about 5000 pizza’s for consumption. They go to stores within a 100 mile radius of the St. Louis area.
Her plant and packaging of pizza is inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture to make sure that they are safe for consumption.
Mama Lucia’s even works with various fund raising groups in the area to raise money through pizza sales. Church’s, schools, sport teams, and many different organizations use her product to raise funds for their groups. They even provide order blanks and use a storage truck to help transport the pizzas to keep them fresh.
Mama Lucia’s a St. Louis style pizza, is a touch of the classic taste of “the hill” in St. Louis.
