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BLT Naan Pizza with Bacon, Arugula & Tomato

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Why it works: Naan and tomato work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 57 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C) and set a rack in the upper third.

  2. Place the naan on a baking sheet. Spread the tomato sauce evenly over each piece, leaving a small border.

  3. Scatter the mozzarella over the sauce, then add the sliced Roma tomatoes in a single layer.

  4. Sprinkle the crumbled cooked bacon and the grated Parmesan over the tomatoes.

  5. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the naan edges are golden and crisp.

  6. While the pizzas bake, toss the arugula with the fresh lemon juice and ground pepper in a small bowl.

  7. Remove the pizzas from the oven and let them rest for 1 minute.

  8. Top each pizza with the dressed arugula and serve right away.

By cookincanuck. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Naan + tomatotop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together57 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,092 recipes

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

  3. Tomato + mozzarella cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,577 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Tomato + parmesan cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,490 recipes

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

  5. Wheat + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together467 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-nonanal (fatty, waxy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

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

  1. Cherrybetter flavor fit
  2. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  3. Pumpkinbetter flavor fit
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, naan, tomato, sauce, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, arugula. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).