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Mango Cream Cheese Pizza

"Sweet and savory, this is a delightfully fresh and fruity pizza. Cream cheese, mango and walnuts on a hot baked pizza crust make a tropical, tasty treat! You can also add a layer of fresh fruit."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream cheese and mango share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 39 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep5 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Place the ready made pizza crust on a baking sheet or pizza pan.

  2. Brush the crust all over with the olive oil, going right to the edges.

  3. Bake the crust for 8 to 10 minutes, until it is lightly golden and crisp. Remove it and let it cool for about 10 minutes.

  4. While the crust bakes, toast the chopped walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring often, until fragrant. Move them to a plate to cool.

  5. Drain the chopped mango well and pat the pieces dry with paper towels so the pizza does not get soggy.

  6. Let the fruit-flavored cream cheese soften at room temperature for about 10 minutes, then spread it evenly over the cooled crust, leaving a small border.

  7. Scatter the mango pieces over the cream cheese, then sprinkle the toasted walnuts on top.

  8. Cut the pizza into 6 slices and serve right away. Refrigerate any leftovers in a covered container.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cream cheese + mangotop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together39 recipes

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

  2. Olive + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Cream cheese + walnuttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together439 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Olive + mangotop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together414 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Olive + cream cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together910 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the walnut

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

  1. Pecansabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Beansabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Walnutthe original
  4. Peasabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, cream cheese, mango. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).