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Veggie and Sausage Skillet Pizza

"A veggie- and sausage-filled variation of a deep dish pizza that will be a hit with pizza lovers."

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Veggie and Sausage Skillet Pizza

Why it works: Plum and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,480 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Veggie and Sausage Skillet Pizza

6 servings
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

603Calories
69 gProtein
25 gFat
25 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
Chicken100g cooked165
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Pizzanot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Plum + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,480 recipes

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

  2. Mushroom + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,719 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Tomato + mozzarella cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,577 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Mushroom + mozzarella cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together439 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Swap the plum

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

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Plumthe original
  3. Cherryfits less well
  4. Grapefits less well

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