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Ricotta and Spinach Calzone

Filled with a mixture of creamy ricotta and sautéed spinach and onions, these calzone are fun to eat out of hand. Or, if you like, outfit diners with knives and forks and serve them with a side of tangy marinara sauce for dipping, just like you might find at a classic Italian American pizzeria.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Ricotta and Spinach Calzone

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Ricotta and Spinach Calzone

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1007Calories
40 gProtein
41 gFat
116 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pizzanot 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.

Explore the science

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Spinach + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together421 recipes

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

  5. Spinach + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, olive, onion, garlic, cheese, mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, olive, onion, garlic, cheese, mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.