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Italian-Topped Garlic Bread

"A mixture of Italian sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes, and cheese is mounded on thick slices of crusty bread and broiled until the cheese is melted and golden brown."

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Italian-Topped Garlic Bread

Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,093 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Italian-Topped Garlic Bread

10 appetizers
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1035Calories
60 gProtein
41 gFat
105 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
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. Mozzarella cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Mushroom + parmesan cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,199 recipes

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

  4. Garlic + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, butter, mozzarella cheese, tomato, mushroom, parmesan cheese):

  1. Garlicthe original
  2. Basilfits about as well
  3. Thymefits less well
  4. Oreganofits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, butter, mozzarella cheese, tomato, mushroom, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.