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Tomato and Arugula Tortilla Pizza

Tortilla pizza … it’s all the rage! Here’s a fresh and light version of everyone’s new favorite meal!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Tomato and Arugula Tortilla Pizza

Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,577 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Tomato and Arugula Tortilla Pizza

Serves 1
Prep5 min
Cook12 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

719Calories
25 gProtein
11 gFat
129 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Arugula1 cup (20g)5

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

By tastykitchen. 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. Mozzarella cheese + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,577 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Tomato + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,592 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Flour + lemontop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Arugula + lemontop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together259 recipes

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

  5. Tomato + arugulatop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together246 recipes

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

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, mozzarella cheese, tomato, lemon):

  1. Eggplantfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, mozzarella cheese, tomato, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.