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Basil & Roasted Garlic Ricotta Pizza

This pizza is both gluten-free and vegan! Pizza dough topped with basil and roasted garlic ricotta, roasted cherry tomatoes, arugula and balsamic reduction!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Basil & Roasted Garlic Ricotta Pizza

Why it works: Basil and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 332 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Basil & Roasted Garlic Ricotta Pizza

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

616Calories
19 gProtein
44 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)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. Basil + pinetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Almond + pinetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together176 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Garlic + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Cherry tomato + basiltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

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

  5. Cherry tomato + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cherry tomato, almond, garlic, basil, pine, nuts, sauce):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cherry tomato, almond, garlic, basil, pine, nuts, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.