Dough Flats
& Shells
Recipes

Dough flats and shells recipes offer a world of creative possibilities for chefs, operators, and foodservice professionals looking to deliver standout menu items with ease. Whether you’re building pizzas, flatbreads, appetizers, or handhelds, DeIorio’s dough flats and self-rise shells provide a reliable, high-quality foundation. This page is dedicated to inspiring your culinary creativity with a range of recipes that are easy to execute and big on flavor.

From gluten-free options to garlic-infused and buttery self-rise shells, DeIorio’s delivers dough products that are ready to perform. These recipes highlight how our par-baked and ready-to-top crusts can save time in the kitchen while delivering consistently delicious results. Perfect for high-volume operations or specialty builds, our dough flats and shells recipes are backed by over 100 years of dough-making expertise—making it easier than ever to expand your menu and impress your customers. Check back as we continue to build our recipe collection!

Use Thin Pizza Crust for This Artichoke Appetizer

Artichoke hearts and cheese is one of today’s classic combinations, and you can make it for your customers easily with this recipe that calls mainly for package dough and prepared artichoke hearts. Ingredients: 1 package thin pizza crust 1 small can artichoke hearts 1 cup......

Easy Steps for DeIorios’s pre-made Dough Flats

Who would have dreamed some of the best pizza is being served out of c-stores, QSR’s, and institutions? DeIorio’s has made it possible. We can provide all the range of pizza products depending on how many steps you’d like to save.  Skip the scratch made......

Chorizo and Portobello Mushrooms on Thin Pizza Crust!

When you want to add a little more posh to your frozen pizza dough this chorizo and Portobello mushroom pizza is the way to do it. And when you want to make it even more sophisticated, serve it on thin pizza crust! Ingredients: 1 package......

Serve Summer Freshness with Cherry Tarts Baked in Thin Pizza Crust

Nothing says summer like cherry tarts and you can add them to your menu easily, and without too many extra ingredients. If you’re already purchasing commercial pizza dough and frosting as a dessert pizza garnish, all you really need are the cherries. Ingredients: 1 package......

Thin Pizza Crust Makes for Perfect Breakfast Pizza

Ham,eggs, bacon, and peppers – all the ingredients that you need to make the perfect breakfast! But of course, don’t forget the thin pizza crust to bring it all together! Ingredients: 1 package dough 2 eggs ¼ cup 35 per cent cream ½ cup mozzarella......

Pizza Dough Meets Refried Beans and Taco Pizza is Born!

At first we thought this would be a great item for your kids’ menu, but we’re pretty sure adults will love this one too. All you need is package dough, some taco toppings, and refried beans that you can also purchase packaged. It’ll be ready......

The Law on Neapolitan Thin Pizza Crust

Did you ever think that Neapolitan pizza was something simple that you could just whip together? Well, while some might not think much of the sliced tomatoes and chunks of mozzarella cheese that are placed on top of thin pizza crust before being baked. But......

Turn Thin Pizza Crust into Gourmet Pizza from the Middle East!

You want to give your customers something new and different from your menu, but they’ve already seen and tasted so much. What could you possibly do that could be different, especially when working with your basic thin pizza crust? When you want something truly different,......

The Best Toppings for Honey Wheat Pizza Dough

Honey wheat pizza dough can add a lot of versatility to your menu, and it will give your customers different options – and choice is always something that they love! But restaurant owners often don’t know what to top this specialty kind of pizza crust......