Name: White Garlic Pizza Grilled Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1-½ cup Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese; ½ cups Parmesan Cheese, Finely Grated; ¼ cups Sharp Provolone Cheese, Finely Grated; 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice; 3 cloves Garlic, Pushed Through A Garlic Press Or Finely Minced; 1 teaspoon Fresh Basil, Finely Minced; 1 teaspoon Fresh Oregano, Finely Minced; ½ teaspoons Salt; ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper; ¼ teaspoons Crushed Red Pepper; 8 slices White Or Whole Wheat Bread; 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Softened To Room Temperature; 8 ounces, weight Fresh Mozzarella, Sliced Thin; 2 cups Baby Spinach

Why it works: Parmesan cheese and provolone cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 90 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

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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.

Parmesan cheese + provolone cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together90 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Basil + oreganotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,390 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Lemon + basiltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,823 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Lemon + oreganotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together784 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Clove + oreganotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together556 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, provolone cheese, lemon, basil, oregano):

Rosemaryfits better
Thymefits better
Parsleyfits better
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Fit is the average pairing score against milk, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, provolone cheese, lemon, basil, oregano. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Ricotta Cheese	1/2 cup (124g) part-skim	174
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Provolone Cheese	1 oz (28g)	100
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Wheat Bread	1 slice (30g) white	79
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

White Garlic Pizza Grilled Cheese