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Reduced Calorie Fruit Pizza

A sweet cookie-style crust topped with softened cream cheese, fresh fruit and a cornstarch glaze.

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Why it works: Orange and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Reduced Calorie Fruit Pizza

Oven350 °F
Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the crust

  1. Combine the flour and sweetener and cut in the margarine; a food processor can be used.

  2. Place the dough in the center of a pizza pan or cookie sheet sprayed with Pam.

  3. Dust fingers lightly with flour and pat the dough out into the desired shape.

  4. Bake in an oven preheated to 350 °F for 15 minutes.

  5. Cool.

Add the filling and fruit

  1. Combine the softened cream cheese with the vanilla and spread over the cool crust.

  2. Arrange the fruit in a decorative pattern over the filling.

Make the glaze and serve

  1. Make the glaze by combining the orange juice concentrate and lemon juice in a measuring cup, then add enough water to make 1 cup.

  2. Place the juice and water in a saucepan with the cornstarch and sweetener and combine thoroughly.

  3. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat and cook until thickened.

  4. Cool slightly and spread gently over the fruit; do not let the glaze cool too long before spreading or it will jell.

  5. Chill until serving time; cut into wedges to serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

927Calories
22 gProtein
41 gFat
115 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 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
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Fruitnot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Vanilla + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,371 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Flour + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Vanilla + lemontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cream + cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

What each ingredient does

Flour
Forms the structure of the crust once it is mixed and baked.
Margarine
Adds fat that tenderizes the crust and keeps it from being tough.
Light cream cheese
Forms a mild, creamy base layer that holds the fruit.
Cornstarch
Thickens the glaze as it heats, giving it a glossy, sliceable set.
Fruit
Provides the fresh sweetness, color and acidity of the topping.

The step that matters

Spreading the glaze while it is still warm. Cornstarch sets as the glaze cools, so if it cools too long before spreading it becomes stiff and jells, and it will not spread gently over the fruit.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, cream, cheese, vanilla, orange):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Blackberryfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, cream, cheese, vanilla, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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