Name: Eggplant, Green Olive, and Provolone Pizza
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 garlic clove, minced; 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 1 1/4 pound eggplant, cut into 3/4-inch-thick rounds; 1 pound store-bought pizza dough at room temperature; 5 ounces sliced provolone, cut into short thin matchsticks (1 1/4 cups); 18 pitted green olives, coarsely chopped (1/3 cup); 1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley

Why it works: Garlic and eggplant match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 801 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Eggplant, Green Olive, and Provolone Pizza

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

1 garlic clove, minced
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/4 pound eggplant, cut into 3/4-inch-thick rounds
1 pound store-bought pizza dough at room temperature
5 ounces sliced provolone, cut into short thin matchsticks (1 1/4 cups)
18 pitted green olives, coarsely chopped (1/3 cup)
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

270Calories

8 gProtein

22 gFat

12 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Provolone Cheese	1 oz (28g)	100
Eggplant	1 cup cubed (82g)	35
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
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 epicurious. 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.

Garlic + eggplanttop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together801 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + eggplanttop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together943 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Eggplant + parsleytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together328 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,308 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, olive, eggplant, parsley):

Oreganofits better
Basilfits better
Capersfits better
Clovethe original

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

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