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Potato Pizza with Smoked Mozzarella Recipe

A vegetarian pizza recipe topped with thin slices of potato, garlic, smoked mozzarella cheese, fresh thyme, and watercress dressed with lemon vinaigrette.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Potato Pizza with Smoked Mozzarella Recipe

Why it works: Clove and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,108 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Potato Pizza with Smoked Mozzarella Recipe

2 pizzas, or 6 to 8 servings
Prep20 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

377Calories
12 gProtein
20 gFat
40 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

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

  4. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Garlic + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

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

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 (mozzarella cheese, potato, garlic, thyme, olive, watercress):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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