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Mushroom Arugula Flatbread Pizza

An easy, 15-minute weeknight meal made with only 5 ingredients!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Mushroom Arugula Flatbread Pizza

Why it works: Garlic and shiitake match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 292 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Mushroom Arugula Flatbread Pizza

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

518Calories
27 gProtein
22 gFat
57 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Naan1 piece (90g)262
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Garlic + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together292 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Mushroom + shiitaketop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Garlic + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Cheese + mushroomtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Garlic + naantop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together67 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 (garlic, naan, cheese, mushroom, shiitake):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, naan, cheese, mushroom, shiitake. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.