Very New York food: in Queens you can try a giant bagel - a pizza that is cooked all day long

Outlandish, gourmet social media trends are ubiquitous these days. But sometimes a really worthwhile dish comes across in the feed that deserves attention, reports timeout.

An example is the giant bagel. This pizza is served at Utopia Bagels at 1909 Utopia Parkway in Queens.

Bagel creator Brandon Hayes explains in the video that it takes about 24 hours to make. Therefore, customers are advised to order treats a day or two in advance.

A little about the process

After rolling out the dough, employees leave it for 24 hours in the refrigerator. And then they cook it in the same way as a bagel - on a board (huge, custom-made) in a rotary oven that allows you to easily flip. After removing the finished bread, so that the pizza does not turn out too thick, it's time for the sauce (homemade, prepared according to the "secret" recipe), cheese and another round in the oven.

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Recently, explains 22-year-old co-owner Jesse Spellman, the store has begun using cut-off bagel pieces to make the garlic knots that come with every order.

This order costs $85 and includes two pizzas (every bagel has two sides, after all!) for a total of 30 slices. That's less than $3 a slice!

Spellman and 56 Utopia Bagel employees have been making giant pizza bagels for over five years. But recent marketing and social media promotions have skyrocketed the number of applications. “We went from selling 1-2 giant bagels a month to selling about 10 a week,” Spellman elaborated.

Among them were special ones, including one with barbecue chicken and another with lamb chops. “If you bring something, we will put it on the pizza,” explains the owner. And notes that the menu has a huge number of other dishes to choose from.

For example, there are red velvet bagels, pina coladas, and even a strawberry-blueberry pancake that will surprise and delight in equal measure.

But perhaps the most interesting is the pepperoni bagel, which Spellman hopes will be available soon.

“I want to put pepperoni inside the dough,” he says. - When the bagel is ready, we will make small holes in it and fill them with mozzarella and pepperoni. Then we return it to the oven. And serve with a little sauce to enhance the taste.”

It certainly sounds like a classic social media cooking trick… which turned out to be amazingly delicious.