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Gluten-Free Wild Mushroom Pizza with Cauliflower Crust

This healthy cauliflower pizza recipe is the best low-carb gluten-free pizza crust I’ve tried. The mushroom topping makes for a great veggie pizza or flatbread for any occasion.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Gluten-Free Wild Mushroom Pizza with Cauliflower Crust

Why it works: Parmesan 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 1,093 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Gluten-Free Wild Mushroom Pizza with Cauliflower Crust

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

481Calories
29 gProtein
34 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pizzanot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Toppingnot 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. Parmesan cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

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

  2. Thyme + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Thyme + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

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

  5. Cauliflower + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, thyme, pepper, egg, olive, shallot):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, thyme, pepper, egg, olive, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.