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Caramelized Vegetable Pizza with Goat Cheese and Pepperoni

This delicious pizza is topped with caramelized onions and red peppers, creamy goat cheese and pepperoni.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Caramelized Vegetable Pizza with Goat Cheese and Pepperoni

Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Caramelized Vegetable Pizza with Goat Cheese and Pepperoni

Serves 4
Prep25 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

513Calories
16 gProtein
43 gFat
17 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pizzanot in our table0
Saucenot 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 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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Cheese + goat cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together79 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyloctanoic acid (goaty, mutton).

  3. Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

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

  4. Olive + goat cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together573 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 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 parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, pepper, butter, sauce, cheese, goat cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Parsleythe original

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