Kosher Pizza

February 12, 2004 at 3:35:22p.m.

I spoke with Mr Milton Ackerman who used to own a kosher pizzeria in Long Island. He explained that the cost of kosher mozzarella cheese is so high that most kosher pizza stores can’t afford to use it. He claims that the better kosher pizza stores use at least some mozzarella cheese, but he sadly acknowledged that overwhelmingly the kosher pizza stores use muenster cheese only. The result is that the pizza is oily, runny, and doesn’t taste anywhere as good as it should or could.

I went to a cheese factory in Staten Island and watched them make kosher mozzarella cheese. It was fascinating, but ultimately did nothing to clarify why kosher pizza stores can’t use mozzarella cheese.

In Israel recently I had a pizza at Rosemarin’s. The pizza was crusty and well done the way we like it. The cheese was mostly mozzarella with a bit of Romano cheese thrown on also. The pizza was outrageously good. How come they can do it and we can’t? Then again, how come any other pizza I had in Israel was inedible?

What’s the story? Is there a really good kosher pizza store out there? Let us know……….. We can’t wait to hear from you.