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BLT Pizza on Naan Bread

A light, refreshing pizza made on naan bread and topped with bacon, tomatoes, cheese and arugula. It tastes just like a BLT sandwich, but better!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and naan work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 68 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook7 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). If the naan is frozen, thaw it at room temperature for about 10 minutes, then place the pieces on a baking sheet.

  2. Stir the olive oil and minced garlic together, then brush the mixture evenly over the top of each naan piece.

  3. Spread the mayonnaise thinly over the oiled naan, leaving a small border at the edges.

  4. Sprinkle the dried oregano over the mayonnaise, then scatter the shredded low-fat mozzarella evenly on top.

  5. Arrange the sliced tomatoes and the broken bacon pieces over the cheese.

  6. Bake for 7 minutes, until the cheese has melted and the naan edges are golden. The bacon is already cooked, so it only needs to heat through.

  7. Top the hot pizzas with the fresh arugula, cut into wedges, and serve right away.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Olive + naantop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together68 recipes

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

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

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

  3. Oregano + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,767 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Garlic + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, naan, bread, oregano, tomato, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Eggplantbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, naan, bread, oregano, tomato, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).