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Pear and Gorgonzola Cheese Pizza

"A very interesting appetizer pizza. Sounds strange, but everyone will love the unique combination of fragrant pears and distinctive Gorgonzola."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Pear and Gorgonzola Cheese Pizza

Why it works: Provolone cheese and cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 72 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Pear and Gorgonzola Cheese Pizza

1 pizza
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

341Calories
16 gProtein
20 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Pear1 medium (178g)101
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Pizzanot 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.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Provolone cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together72 recipes

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

  2. Pear + walnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together190 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Walnut + chivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together119 recipes

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

  4. Pear + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together96 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  5. Walnut + cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together410 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (provolone cheese, pear, walnut, cheese):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Chivethe original

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