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Pizza Omelette Recipe

Just like a normal pizza, you can add your favourite toppings - but I've gone for something simple.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and oregano match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,443 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Pizza Omelette Recipe

4 people
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

325Calories
14 gProtein
29 gFat
4 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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 lovefood. 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. Olive + oreganotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,443 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Oregano + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

  4. Olive + cheddar cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,783 recipes

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

  5. Oregano + cheddar cheesetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together322 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, egg, sauce, cheddar cheese, pepper):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Garlicfits about as well
  4. Oreganothe original

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