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Sun-Dried Tomato and Arugula Pizza

"This pizza recipe uses sun-dried tomato and arugula mixing taste and texture into a gourmet pizza."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Sun-Dried Tomato and Arugula Pizza

Why it works: Tomato and mozzarella cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,577 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Sun-Dried Tomato and Arugula Pizza

1 pizza
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

112Calories
8 gProtein
7 gFat
6 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
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. Tomato + mozzarella cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,577 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Tomato + saucetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,469 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sauce + mozzarella cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

  4. Tomato + arugulatop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together246 recipes

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

  5. Mozzarella cheese + arugulatop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, sauce, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Eggplantfits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, sauce, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.