Name: Neapolitan-Style Pizza Dough with Garlic and Italian Seasonings
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 2 12-inch crusts
Ingredients: 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (such as King Arthur®), or as needed; 1 1/4 teaspoons salt; 1/2 teaspoon fast-rising dry yeast; 1 1/2 cups ice water, or as needed; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 tablespoon granulated garlic; 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning; 1/2 teaspoon olive oil

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Neapolitan-Style Pizza Dough with Garlic and Italian Seasonings

2 12-inch crusts

Prep30 min

Cook5 min

Ingredients

3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (such as King Arthur®), or as needed
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon fast-rising dry yeast
1 1/2 cups ice water, or as needed
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon granulated garlic
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon olive oil

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

578Calories

13 gProtein

15 gFat

96 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

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.

Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Flour + garlictop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,149 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour + olivetop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together16,871 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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 (flour, olive):

Jalapenofits better
Capersfits better
Turmericfits better
Garlicthe original

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

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