The make-your-own pasta fails for one very simple reason: Domino’s allows you to choose only three ingredients to to build your pasta. Those ingredients include pepperoni, Italian sausage, beef, Philly steak, ham, bacon, premium chicken, cheese, cheddar cheese blend, feta cheese, shredded parmesan, shredded provolone cheese, green peppers, jalapeño peppers, mushrooms, pineapple, onions, black olives, spinach, diced tomatoes, and banana peppers. Phew. These are all just pizza toppings repurposed, FYI.
That doesn’t include your choice of sauce (Alfredo or marinara) but three of these ingredients isn’t enough to build a well-composed dish of pasta. Moreover, these ingredients, no matter which ones you order, are just kind of slopped on top. They’re not cooked together. Garlic isn’t sautéed until fragrant, onions aren’t caramelized, and bacon fat isn’t rendered in a pan. It’s all just thrown about. I get it, but that’s a recipe for mediocrity. I tried olives, sausage, and banana peppers, and it was a sloppy, acrid mess.
I’ve thought long and hard about what you could make out of these build-your-own options, and I’m confident you could build a better Alfredo sauce than what Domino’s offers. If I could have my decision back, I’d pick Alfredo sauce, provolone, shredded parmesan, and feta cheese. Just a cheesy, creamy penne Alfredo mac & cheese.
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