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Whole Wheat Pepperoni Pizza Pockets

A whole-grain, seasoned crust is folded over the best pizza fillings, creating a lightened-up version of your favorite pizza pocket.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Whole Wheat Pepperoni Pizza Pockets

Why it works: Garlic and oregano are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,756 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Whole Wheat Pepperoni Pizza Pockets

Serves 6
Prep1 hr 20 min
Cook12 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

753Calories
20 gProtein
21 gFat
120 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Agave1 tsp (7g)21
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Pizzanot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0

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 + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Flour + agavetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together234 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Oregano + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,443 recipes

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

  5. Wheat + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,100 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, wheat, garlic, olive, agave, sauce):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Jalapenofits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, wheat, garlic, olive, agave, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.