Australians do pizza properly. The monstrosity you see above is a pizza, but it’s also a sort of pie.

Eight pies, to be precise!

It’s the brainchild of the Australian Pizza Hut (a collaboration with Aussie pastry brand Four’n Twenty) and was widely covered in the media the other day. Why? Look at the bloody thing. Let’s explore its excellency. 

The Four’n Twenty Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pie Bonanza

You can see from our extensive history of pizza feature these delightful meals have come a long way since the early days.

The “stuffed crust” pizza is a dish with a difference.

Stuffed crusts became popular a while ago (they were the revolutionary moment in pizza making—kind of like when the wheel was invented) when it was discovered you could get more cheese into a pizza.

Pizza Hut and Four’n Twenty have done what’s natural—take things up a notch!

Thusly, we have a pizza with pies stuffed into the crust. It’s a meat pie, by the way, and it marks a real turning point for pizzas. Ish. As it turns out you sort of dismantle the pies from the pizza and eat them separately.

So it’s effectively a pizza and some pies, but on an aesthetic front, at least, it looks like the deformed offspring of an octopus and a fast food outlet. Huzzah!

Well, you can order one from the Australian Pizza Hut if you so wish. We’d advise you live in Australia before doing this, but if you do already then let us know how it goes.

Reflections on the Four’n Twenty & Pizza Hut Collaboration

Heading for a decade later and we can look back on this dish (one we never tried, sadly) and shake our head in disgust.

The collaboration wasn’t much of a success and left pizza/pie enthusiasts rather dissatisfied. Which is a shame.

The meal deal wasn’t a hit and it was quietly shelved by the two chains.

Looking at the thing (it’s a bit like a pastry spaceship), you can sort of see why. It doesn’t look nice and it’s a bit of a weird combination of food.

Like a Pot Noodle sandwich carb hit, but without the noodles. Ho hum.