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Italian Torte

"This is a wonderful mix of pesto, sun-dried tomatoes and cream cheese formed into an attractive torte-like dome. You can't go wrong with this recipe. "

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Italian Torte

Why it works: Cream cheese and provolone cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Italian Torte

4 cups
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

225Calories
10 gProtein
18 gFat
8 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Cream cheese + provolone cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Tomato + clovetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  5. Tomato + provolone cheesetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together130 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, cream cheese, garlic, provolone cheese):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, cream cheese, garlic, provolone cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.