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Gorgonzola Bread

"French bread topped with Gorgonzola cheese, sliced pears and walnut pieces makes an elegant appetizer without a lot of work."

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Gorgonzola Bread

Why it works: Olive and walnut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,087 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Gorgonzola Bread

10 servings
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

461Calories
8 gProtein
37 gFat
28 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pear1 medium (178g)101
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Olive + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Pear + walnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together190 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Olive + peartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together328 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Pear + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together96 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  5. Olive + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,802 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the pear

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, cheese, walnut):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Pearthe original
  4. Coconutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, cheese, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.