Name: Quiche Lorraine Pizza
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: 1 12-inch pizza
Ingredients: ½ batch; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided; 1 leek (white and light green part only), thinly sliced; 6 slices bacon, cooked and roughly chopped; 8 ounces Swiss-style cheese, shredded (about 2 cups); 3 eggs; Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Why it works: Butter and cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,962 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Quiche Lorraine Pizza

1 12-inch pizza

Prep30 min

Ingredients

½ batch
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
1 leek (white and light green part only), thinly sliced
6 slices bacon, cooked and roughly chopped
8 ounces Swiss-style cheese, shredded (about 2 cups)
3 eggs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

386Calories

18 gProtein

30 gFat

13 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By browneyedbaker. 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.

Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,962 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Leek + peppertop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together965 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Butter + leektop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together848 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Cheese + peppertop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,861 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the leek

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

Capsicumfits better
Asparagusfits better
Potatofits better
Leekthe original

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

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