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Meat Feast Calzone

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and cherry tomato share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 24 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Meat Feast Calzone

Serves 4
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1029Calories
40 gProtein
37 gFat
136 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Buffalonot in our table0
Meatnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Olive + cherry tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

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

  2. Salami + prosciuttotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Flour + cherry tomatotop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Olive + buffalotop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together131 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Flour + buffalotop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together79 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetaldehyde (pungent, ethereal).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, milk, olive, buffalo, meat, salami, prosciutto):

  1. Cherryfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, milk, olive, buffalo, meat, salami, prosciutto. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.