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Zucchini Pizza Bake

"This is a recipe my entire family loves. You can also use turkey instead of ground beef."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Zucchini Pizza Bake

Why it works: Parmesan cheese and mozzarella 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 ↓

Zucchini Pizza Bake

6 servings
Prep30 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

768Calories
62 gProtein
44 gFat
30 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Parmesan cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

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

  2. Mozzarella cheese + cheesetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together421 recipes

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

  3. Parmesan cheese + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,041 recipes

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

  4. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

  5. Beef + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,448 recipes

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

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

Swap the onion

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Asparagusfits about as well
  3. Spinachfits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

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