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30-Minute Pizza

To speed preparation, Chef Michael Voltaggio’s recipe calls for using a microwave to par-cook pizza dough. That way, you don’t have to wait for the dough to rise before rolling it out. A handheld smoking gun infuses the fresh mozzarella cheese with enticing smoky flavor.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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30-Minute Pizza

Why it works: Garlic and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

30-Minute Pizza

Serves 2.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1064Calories
35 gProtein
46 gFat
127 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Buffalonot in our table0
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 williamssonoma. 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. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Garlic + buffalotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: geraniol (rose, geranium).

  4. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Olive + buffalotop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together131 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, egg, milk, olive, buffalo):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, butter, egg, milk, olive, buffalo. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.