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Roasted Garlic White Pizza Dip

This pizza dip is the perfect appetizer for game day!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Roasted Garlic White Pizza Dip

Why it works: Cream cheese and mozzarella cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 137 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Roasted Garlic White Pizza Dip

Serves 6
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

570Calories
18 gProtein
52 gFat
11 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mascarpone2 tbsp (28g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 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 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. Cream cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together137 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

  3. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

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

  4. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

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

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 (garlic, tomato, olive, cheese, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, basil):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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