Name: Pizza Verde
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 package (16 Oz. Size) Frozen Wheat Pizza Dough (thawed); 1 cup Olive Oil, Just Enough To Brush Onto Dough; 3 slices Shredded Mozzarella Cheese; 2 cups Prosciutto Cut Into Cubes; ¼ cups Fresh Arugula

Why it works: Wheat and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,100 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Pizza Verde

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1 package (16 Oz. Size) Frozen Wheat Pizza Dough (thawed)
1 cup Olive Oil, Just Enough To Brush Onto Dough
3 slices Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
2 cups Prosciutto Cut Into Cubes
¼ cups Fresh Arugula

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

209Calories

7 gProtein

20 gFat

1 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Arugula	1 cup (20g)	5
Wheat	not in our table	0
Pizza	not in our table	0

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.

Wheat + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,100 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Olive + mozzarella cheesetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,773 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Mozzarella cheese + prosciuttotop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Prosciutto + arugulatop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together40 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Wheat + mozzarella cheesetop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together84 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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 (wheat, olive, mozzarella cheese, prosciutto):

Tomatofits better
Asparagusfits better
Spinachfits better
Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, olive, mozzarella cheese, prosciutto. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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