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Layered Pizza Dip

"All of the flavor of your favorite pizzeria pizza in a quick and easy appetizer dip."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Layered Pizza Dip

Why it works: Ricotta cheese and mozzarella cheese work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 371 recipes. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. The science ↓

Layered Pizza Dip

16 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

718Calories
30 gProtein
18 gFat
103 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Saucenot in our table0

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. Ricotta cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together371 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  2. Mozzarella cheese + garlictop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Mozzarella cheese + saucetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

  4. Ricotta cheese + garlictop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together446 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  5. Sauce + garlictop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,007 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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 (ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, sauce):

  1. Basilfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Garlicthe original
  4. Nutmegfits about as well

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