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Im in Scotland too, and would like to reassure you that pizzas ARE deep fried in chip shops here, I don't know what Jo is haverin about! "Traditionally", they were just deep fried without the batter and still are, but if you ask for "pizza crunch", it is dipped in the batter. Lots of chip shops sell a slice of pizza crunch with chips. Our chip shops traditionally are Italian owned and that must be where the pizza came from. However, the pizzas they use here for deep frying are different to usual pizzas. they are fatter and smaller, and the topping looks like it has been partly baked onto the top. There also isnt really very much topping. just a smear of tomato sauce and some cheese, or sliced onion or mushrooms. So our pizza is nothing like the one in the video. Also our batter isnt that vivid yellow colour.

I found a link to show you that it IS made like this in Scotland! http://fxcuisine.com/default.asp?Display=112