Name: Zucchini & Basil Pizzas
Ingredients: 1 green zucchini, sliced 3/16 inch thick; 1 yellow zucchini, sliced 3/16 inch thick; 1 Tbs. Parmesan dipping and drizzling oil, plus more for brushing; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; Two 10-inch pizza dough rounds; 4 oz. mozzarella cheese, grated; 1/2 lemon; 1 oz. ricotta salata or goat cheese; 6 large fresh basil leaves, minced

Why it works: Green zucchini and yellow zucchini share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Zucchini & Basil Pizzas

Ingredients

1 green zucchini, sliced 3/16 inch thick
1 yellow zucchini, sliced 3/16 inch thick
1 Tbs. Parmesan dipping and drizzling oil, plus more for brushing
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
Two 10-inch pizza dough rounds
4 oz. mozzarella cheese, grated
1/2 lemon
1 oz. ricotta salata or goat cheese
6 large fresh basil leaves, minced

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

652Calories

37 gProtein

47 gFat

22 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Ricotta Cheese	1/2 cup (124g) part-skim	174
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Goat Cheese	1 oz (28g)	103
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Green Zucchini	1 medium (113g)	21
Yellow Zucchini	1 medium (113g)	21
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pizza	not in our table	0

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.

Green zucchini + yellow zucchinitop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Mozzarella cheese + goat cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Lemon + basiltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,823 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,294 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the green zucchini

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yellow zucchini, pepper, mozzarella cheese, lemon, goat cheese, basil):

Eggplantfits better
Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Green zucchinithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yellow zucchini, pepper, mozzarella cheese, lemon, goat cheese, basil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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