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Mushroom & Goat Cheese Grilled Flatbread

This mushroom and goat cheese grilled flatbread has a rich, smoky flavor from a cast iron grill pan and is topped with a delicious balsamic glaze!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Mushroom & Goat Cheese Grilled Flatbread

Why it works: Shallot and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,476 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Mushroom & Goat Cheese Grilled Flatbread

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

408Calories
9 gProtein
34 gFat
20 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pizzanot 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. Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Shallot + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Mushroom + thymetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,557 recipes

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

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, mushroom, sugar, pepper, thyme, vinegar, olive):

  1. Capsicumfits about as well
  2. Shallotthe original
  3. Tomatofits about as well
  4. Mustardfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, mushroom, sugar, pepper, thyme, vinegar, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.