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Cheesy Pesto Garlic Bread

I am a pasta freak! I am also a bread freak! It just so happens that good pasta requires good bread, and that’s where this recipe comes in. This is really just a modified version of my previous Cheesy Garlic Bread (see my recipe box). Pretty creative naming, eh?

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Cheesy Pesto Garlic Bread

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Cheesy Pesto Garlic Bread

Serves 8
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

405Calories
11 gProtein
33 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Butter + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Olive + parmesan cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Olive + honeytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,792 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Butter + honeytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,327 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, olive, parmesan cheese, honey):

  1. Thymefits about as well
  2. Basilfits about as well
  3. Rosemaryfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

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