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Pizza Rustica

"My grandma Puglia would make this as an appetizer for Easter and Christmas. It can be a meal in itself with a tossed green salad. Enjoy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Pizza Rustica

Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,093 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Pizza Rustica

2 pies
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

696Calories
61 gProtein
43 gFat
10 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Pizzanot in our table0
Waternot 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. Mozzarella cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  4. Mozzarella cheese + prosciuttotop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Egg + prosciuttotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together208 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 parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ricotta cheese, egg, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, prosciutto, pepper):

  1. Basilfits better
  2. Oreganofits about as well
  3. Parsleythe original
  4. Garlicfits about as well

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