Name: Pear Gorgonzola Pizza
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons olive oil; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 firm ripe pear, cut in half, cut into 1/4-inch slices; 1 (13.8 ounce) can Pillsbury® refrigerated artisan pizza crust with whole grain; 6 ounces provolone cheese, shredded; 3/4 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese; 2 cups loosely packed baby spinach

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 Gorgonzola Pizza

6 servings

Prep15 min

Ingredients

2 teaspoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 firm ripe pear, cut in half, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 (13.8 ounce) can Pillsbury® refrigerated artisan pizza crust with whole grain
6 ounces provolone cheese, shredded
3/4 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
2 cups loosely packed baby spinach

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

484Calories

17 gProtein

31 gFat

39 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Pear	1 medium (178g)	101
Provolone Cheese	1 oz (28g)	100
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Pizza	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.

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.

Provolone cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together72 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Olive + spinachtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,971 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Onion + spinachtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,336 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + peartop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together328 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the pear

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, provolone cheese, cheese, spinach):

Avocadofits better
Plumfits about as well
Cherryfits about as well
Pearthe original

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

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